Numbers 21:16:1Num.21.16.W1TAB
וּמִשָּׁ֖ם
umisham
“and from there”
- Transliteration
- u-mi-SHAM
- Extended
- oo-mih-SHAAM
- IPA
- /u.miʃˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and from there
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| 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
u-mi-SHAM
- clause
u-mi-SHAM be-e-RAH
- sentence
u-mi-SHAM be-e-RAH hi-U ha-be-ER a-SHER a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH le-mo-SHEH e-SOF et-ha-AM ve-et-NAH la-HEM MA-yim
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative begins with umisham {וּמִשָּׁם | ū-mish-shām} marking sequential movement, followed by the prepositional destination be’erah {בְּאֵרָה | bə-ʾê-rā} “to Beer.”
In context — Numbers 21:16
And from there they came to Beer—it is the well which the LORD said to Moses: “Gather the people , and I will give them water.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 21:16, so the Hebrew word וּמִשָּׁ֖ם (umisham) 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.21.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.16.W1.S1) and character.