Genesis 13:4:7Gen.13.4.W7PAT

שָׁ֛ם

sham

there

Transliteration
SHAM
Extended
SHAHM
IPA
/ˈʃaːm/

Meaning by language

English
there
French
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
nibẹ
Igbo
ebe ahụ
Twi
Ewe
afi ma

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

    va-yik-RA SHAM

  3. clause

    va-yik-RA SHAM av-RAM be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    el-me-KOM ha-miz-BE-akh a-SHER-a-SA SHAM ba-ri-sho-NA va-yik-RA SHAM av-RAM be-SHEM Ye-ho-VAH

In contextGenesis 13:4

to the place of the altar which he made at first there there Abram invoked the name of LORD

About this coordinate

Genesis 13:4:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 13:4, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֛ם (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.13.4.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.13.4.W7.S1) and character.