Numbers 13:33:1Num.13.33.W1TAB
וְשָׁ֣ם
vesham
“and there”
- Transliteration
- ve-SHAM
- Extended
- veh-SHAHM
- IPA
- /vəˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and there
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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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-SHAM ra-I-nu
- clause
ve-SHAM ra-I-nu ET-han-ne-fi-LIM be-NEI a-NAK min-han-ne-fi-LIM
- sentence
ve-SHAM ra-I-nu ET-han-ne-fi-LIM be-NEI a-NAK min-han-ne-fi-LIM va-ne-HI be-ei-NEI-nu ka-kha-ga-VIM ve-KEN ha-YI-nu be-ei-NEI-hem
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutive particle vesham {וְשָׁם | wə-šām} ‘and there’, linking the report to the preceding narrative.
In context — Numbers 13:33
And there we saw the Nephilim , the sons of Anak who were of the Nephilim; and we were in our own eyes like grasshoppers , and so we were in their eyes.
About this coordinate
Numbers 13:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 13:33, so the Hebrew word וְשָׁ֣ם (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 Num.13.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.13.33.W1.S1) and character.