Genesis 18:29:8Gen.18.29.W8PAT
שָׁ֖ם
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
- 那里
- Korean
- 거기
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM
- clause
va-yo-SEF OD le-dab-BER e-LAV va-yo-MAR u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM ar-ba-IM
- sentence
va-yo-SEF OD le-dab-BER e-LAV va-yo-MAR u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM ar-ba-IM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE ba-a-VUR ha-ar-ba-IM
In context — Genesis 18:29
again He continued to speak to him He said perhaps forty will be found there He said for the sake of the forty not I will do
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:29:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 18:29, so the Hebrew word שָׁ֖ם (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.18.29.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.29.W8.S1) and character.