Deuteronomy 26:5:12Deut.26.5.W12PAT
שָׁ֖ם
sham
“there”
- Transliteration
- SHAM
- Extended
- SHAAM
- IPA
- /ʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- there
- French
- là
- Spanish
- allí
- Portuguese
- ali
- German
- dort
- Russian
- там
- Arabic-Simplified
- هناك
- Hindi
- वहाँ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在那里
- Korean
- 거기
- Indonesian
- di sana
- Bengali
- সেখানে
- Tagalog
- doon
- Swahili
- hapo
- Amharic
- በዚያ
- Yoruba
- níbẹ̀
- Igbo
- ebe ahụ
- Twi
- hɔ
- Ewe
- hɔ
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-GAR SHAM
- clause
veh-a-nee-TA veh-a-mar-TA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha a-ra-MI o-VED a-VI va-YE-red mits-rai-MA va-YA-GAR SHAM bim-TEI me-AT
- sentence
veh-a-nee-TA veh-a-mar-TA lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-kha a-ra-MI o-VED a-VI va-YE-red mits-rai-MA va-YA-GAR SHAM bim-TEI me-AT va-ye-hi-SHAM leh-GOY ga-DOL a-TSUM va-RAV
In context — Deuteronomy 26:5
and you shall answer and you shall say before LORD your God was my father wandering an Aramean and he went down to Egypt and he sojourned there few in number and there he became a nation great mighty and numerous
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 26:5:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 26:5, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֖ם (sham) 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 Deut.26.5.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.26.5.W12.S1) and character.