Numbers 14:24:13Num.14.24.W13TAB
שָׁ֔מָּה
shamah
“there”
- Transliteration
- sha-MAH
- Extended
- shah-MAAH
- IPA
- /ʃaˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
sha-MAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER-BA sha-MAH
- clause
va-ha-vi-o-TIV el-ha-A-retz a-SHER-BA sha-MAH ve-zar-O yo-ri-she-NAH
- sentence
ve-av-DI ka-LEV E-kev ha-ye-TAH RU-akh a-KHE-ret im-MO va-ye-mal-LE a-kha-RAI va-ha-vi-o-TIV el-ha-A-retz a-SHER-BA sha-MAH ve-zar-O yo-ri-she-NAH
Exegesis
The relative clause asher ba shamah {אֲשֶׁר־בָּא־שָׁמָּה | ʾă-šer bā šām-mā(h)} links the land {הָאָרֶץ | hā-ʾā-reṣ} to Caleb’s prior journey.
In context — Numbers 14:24
But my servant Caleb, because there was another spirit with him and he fully followed Me, I will bring him into the land that he came to, and his descendants will inherit it.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:24:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 14:24, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֔מָּה (shamah) 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.14.24.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.24.W13.S1) and character.