Genesis 35:15:8Gen.35.15.W8PAT
שָׁ֛ם
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
- hapo
- Amharic
- በዚያ
- Yoruba
- níbẹ̀
- 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER di-BER it-TO SHAM
- sentence
va-yik-RA ya-a-KOV et-SHEM ha-ma-KOM a-SHER di-BER it-TO SHAM e-lo-HIM bet-EL
In context — Genesis 35:15
called Jacob the name of the place where spoke with him there God Bethel
About this coordinate
Genesis 35:15:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 35:15, 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.35.15.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.35.15.W8.S1) and character.