Judges 20:27:4Judg.20.27.W4TAB

וְשָׁ֗ם

vesham

“and there”

Transliteration: ve-SHAM
Extended: veh-SHAAM
IPA: /wəˈʃaːm/

Meaning by language

English: and there

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Result

וְ + שָׁ֗ם

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ve + sham

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vesham

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	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
ve-SHAM
clause
ve-SHAM a-RON be-RIT ha-e-lo-HIM ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM
sentence
va-yish-a-LU be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ba-ye-ho-VAH ve-SHAM a-RON be-RIT ha-e-lo-HIM ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM

Exegesis

The conjunction ve-Sham {וְשָׁ֗ם | wə·šām} ‘and there’ introduces a locative setting, leading into the construct chain aron brit ha-Elohim {אֲרוֹן בְּרִ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים | ʾā·rōn bə·rît hā·ʾĕ·lō·hîm} ‘ark of the covenant of God’, where the noun brit governs aron and ha-Elohim confirms divine ownership.

In context — Judges 20:27

And the sons of Israel inquired of the LORD , and there was the ark of the covenant of God in those days.

About this coordinate

Judges 20:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 20:27, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁ֗ם (vesham) 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.20.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.27.W4.S1) and character.

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