Genesis 11:31:24Gen.11.31.W24PAT
שָֽׁם׃
sham
“there”
- Transliteration
- SHAM
- Extended
- SHAAM
- IPA
- /ˈʃaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- there
- French
- là
- Spanish
- allí
- Portuguese
- ali
- German
- dort
- Russian
- там
- Arabic-Simplified
- هناك
- Hindi
- वहाँ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 那里
- Korean
- 거기
- Indonesian
- di sana
- Bengali
- সেখানে
- Tagalog
- doon
- Swahili
- huko
- Amharic
- በዚያ
- Yoruba
- nibẹ̀
- Igbo
- 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-ye-tse-U it-TAM me-UR ka-se-DIM la-le-KHET a-re-TSA ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u ad-kha-RAN va-ye-she-VU SHAM
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH TE-rakh et-av-RAM be-NO ve-et-LOT ben-ha-RAN ben-be-NO ve-ET sa-RAI ka-la-TO E-shet av-RAM be-NO va-ye-tse-U it-TAM me-UR ka-se-DIM la-le-KHET a-re-TSA ke-na-AN va-ya-VO-u ad-kha-RAN va-ye-she-VU SHAM
In context — Genesis 11:31
Terah took Abram his son and Lot son of Haran his grandson and Sarai his daughter-in-law wife of Abram his son they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go toward the land of Canaan they came as far as Haran they settled there
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:31:24 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 24 of Genesis 11:31, 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.11.31.W24, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.31.W24.S1) and character.