Numbers 15:18:12Num.15.18.W12TAB
שָֽׁמָּה׃
shamah
“there”
- Transliteration
- sha-MAH
- Extended
- shah-MAH
- 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
- clause
be-vo-a-KHEM el-ha-A-retz a-SHER a-NI me-VI et-KHEM sha-MAH
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM be-vo-a-KHEM el-ha-A-retz a-SHER a-NI me-VI et-KHEM sha-MAH
Exegesis
The object marker ʼet-ḵĕm {אֶתְכֶ֖ם | ʼet-ḵĕm} marks “you,” and the adverb šāmmāh {שָֽׁמָּה׃ | šāmmāh} identifies the final location. This Hebrew structure tightly holds subject and verb within the relative clause, mirroring the natural flow of Hebrew instruction in English.
In context — Numbers 15:18
Speak to the Israelites and say to them, When you enter the land that I am bringing you into,
About this coordinate
Numbers 15:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Numbers 15:18, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁמָּה׃ (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.15.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.15.18.W12.S1) and character.