Genesis 12:10:8Gen.12.10.W8PAT
שָׁ֔ם
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
- هُنَاكَ
- Hindi
- वहाँ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 在那里
- Korean
- 거기에
- Indonesian
- di sana
- Bengali
- সেখানে
- Tagalog
- doon
- Swahili
- huko
- Amharic
- በዚያ
- Yoruba
- níbẹ̀
- Igbo
- n'ebe ahụ
- Twi
- hɔ
- Ewe
- afima
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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Word in context
- word
SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
la-GUR SHAM
- clause
va-YE-red av-RAM mits-rai-MA la-GUR SHAM ki-kha-VED ha-ra-AV ba-A-rets
- sentence
va-ye-HI ra-AV ba-A-rets va-YE-red av-RAM mits-rai-MA la-GUR SHAM ki-kha-VED ha-ra-AV ba-A-rets
In context — Genesis 12:10
there was a famine in the land Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there for severe the famine in the land
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 12:10, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֔ם (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.12.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.10.W8.S1) and character.