Genesis 18:31:8Gen.18.31.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
- هناك
- Hindi
- वहाँ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 那里
- Korean
- 거기에
- Indonesian
- di sana
- Bengali
- সেখানে
- Tagalog
- doon
- Swahili
- huko
- Amharic
- በዚያ
- Yoruba
- nibẹ
- 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-mer hin-neh-NA ho-AL-ti le-dab-BER el-a-do-NAI u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM es-RIM
- sentence
va-YO-mer hin-neh-NA ho-AL-ti le-dab-BER el-a-do-NAI u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM es-RIM va-YO-mer LO ash-KHIT ba-a-VUR ha-es-RIM
In context — Genesis 18:31
he said look please I have dared to speak to the Lord perhaps twenty are found there he said I will not destroy for the sake of the twenty
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:31:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 18:31, 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.18.31.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.31.W8.S1) and character.