Numbers 21:12:1Num.21.12.W1TAB
מִשָּׁ֖ם
misham
“from there”
- Transliteration
- mi-SHAM
- Extended
- mih-SHAAM
- IPA
- /miʃˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from there
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| 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
mi-SHAM
- clause
mi-SHAM na-SA-u
- sentence
mi-SHAM na-SA-u va-ya-kha-NU be-NA-khal ZA-red
Exegesis
The verse opens with the locative adverb misham {מִשָּׁ֖ם | miššām} ‘from there’, which continues the narrative flow by marking a change of location.
In context — Numbers 21:12
From there they journeyed and camped in the valley of Zered.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:12, so the Hebrew word מִשָּׁ֖ם (misham) 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.21.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.12.W1.S1) and character.