Judges 20:22:10Judg.20.22.W10TAB
שָׁ֖ם
sham
“there”
- Transliteration
- SHAM
- Extended
- SHAAM
- IPA
- /ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- there
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-a-re-KHU SHAM
- clause
va-yo-SI-fu la-a-ROKH mil-kha-MA ba-ma-KOM a-sher-a-re-KHU SHAM ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON
- sentence
va-yit-kha-ZEK ha-AM ISH yis-ra-EL va-yo-SI-fu la-a-ROKH mil-kha-MA ba-ma-KOM a-sher-a-re-KHU SHAM ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON
Exegesis
The locative bamakom asher-archu sham {בַּמָּקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥רְכוּ שָׁ֖ם | ba-m-ma-qôm ʾă-šer-ʿā-rə-ḵû šām} ties back to the original position, and the temporal bayom harishon {בַּיּ֥וֹם הָרִאשֽׁוֹן | ba-yyôm hā-ri-šôn} situates the action on ‘the first day.’ The English renders preserve the Hebrew distributive emphasis, intentional arraying, spatial continuity, and temporal specificity without adding external elements.
Root and etymology
Roots-y-m
“to place, set, appoint”
In context — Judges 20:22
And the people of Israel strengthened themselves, each man, and they again prepared for battle in the place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:22:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 20:22, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֖ם (sham) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.20.22.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.22.W10.S1) and character.