Deuteronomy 27:5:2Deut.27.5.W2PAT

שָּׁם֙

sham

there

Transliteration
SHAM
Extended
SHAAM
IPA
/ʃaːm/

Meaning by language

English
there
French
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
እዚያ
Yoruba
níbẹ̀
Igbo
ebe ahụ
Twi
Ewe

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    SHAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    oo-vah-NEE-TA SHAM

  3. clause

    oo-vah-NEE-TA SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha

  4. sentence

    oo-vah-NEE-TA SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha miz-BAKH a-va-NEEM LO-ta-NEEF a-lei-HEM bar-ZEL

In contextDeuteronomy 27:5

and you shall build an altar there to the LORD your God altar of stones you shall not wield iron upon them

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 27:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 27:5, so the Hebrew word שָּׁם֙ (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.27.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.27.5.W2.S1) and character.