Genesis 48:7:15Gen.48.7.W15PAT
שָּׁם֙
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
- 거기에
- Indonesian
- di sana
- Bengali
- সেখানে
- Tagalog
- doon
- Swahili
- hapo
- Amharic
- በዚያ
- Yoruba
- níbẹ̀
- Igbo
- 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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ek-be-RE-ha SHAM
- clause
va-ek-be-RE-ha SHAM be-DE-rekh ef-RAT HI BEIT LA-khem
- sentence
va-a-NI be-vo-I mi-pad-DAN me-TA a-LAI ra-KHEL be-E-rets ke-na-AN ba-DE-rekh be-OD kiv-rat-E-rets la-VO ef-ra-TA va-ek-be-RE-ha SHAM be-DE-rekh ef-RAT HI BEIT LA-khem
In context — Genesis 48:7
and I in my coming from Paddan died upon me Rachel in the land of Canaan on the way while still a stretch of land to reach Ephrath buried her there on the way to Ephrath that is house of bread
About this coordinate
Genesis 48:7:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 48:7, so the Hebrew word שָּׁם֙ (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.48.7.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.48.7.W15.S1) and character.