Genesis 11:2:9Gen.11.2.W9PAT
שָֽׁם׃
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
- هُنَاكَ
- Hindi
- वहाँ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 那里
- Korean
- 거기에
- Indonesian
- di sana
- Bengali
- সেখানে
- Tagalog
- doon
- Swahili
- huko
- Amharic
- በዚያ
- Yoruba
- níbẹ̀
- Igbo
- n'ebe ahụ
- Twi
- hɔ
- Ewe
- afi ma
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-YE-she-vu SHAM
- clause
va-yim-tse-U vi-ke-AH be-E-rets shi-ne-AR va-YE-she-vu SHAM
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-na-se-AM mi-KE-dem va-yim-tse-U vi-ke-AH be-E-rets shi-ne-AR va-YE-she-vu SHAM
In context — Genesis 11:2
it happened during their journeying from the east they found a broad plain in the land of Shinar they settled there
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 11:2, so the Hebrew word שָֽׁם׃ (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 Gen.11.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.2.W9.S1) and character.