Genesis 12:7:10Gen.12.7.W10PAT
שָׁם֙
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
- 거기서
- Indonesian
- di sana
- Bengali
- সেখানে
- Tagalog
- doon
- Swahili
- hapo
- Amharic
- በዚያ
- Yoruba
- nibẹ̀
- 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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Word in context
- word
SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-yi-VEN SHAM
- clause
va-yi-VEN SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH han-nir-EH e-LAV
- sentence
va-ye-RA Ye-ho-VAH el-av-RAM va-YO-mer le-zar-a-KHA et-TEN et-ha-A-rets ha-ZOT va-yi-VEN SHAM miz-BE-akh la-ye-ho-VAH han-nir-EH e-LAV
In context — Genesis 12:7
LORD appeared to Abram He said I will give land this to your offspring He built an altar there to the LORD who appeared to him
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:7:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 12:7, so the Hebrew word שָׁם֙ (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.12.7.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.7.W10.S1) and character.