Ruth 4:1:5Ruth.4.1.W5PAT
שָׁם֒
sham
“there”
- Transliteration
- SHAM
- Extended
- SHAAM
- IPA
- /ʃaːm/
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
- 거기
- Indonesian
- di sana
- Bengali
- সেখানে
- Tagalog
- doon
- Swahili
- pale
- 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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SHAM
- phraseyour reading level
va-YE-shev SHAM
- clause
u-BO-az a-LA ha-SHA-ar va-YE-shev SHAM ve-hin-NE ha-go-EL o-VER a-SHER dib-ber-BO-az va-YO-mer SU-ra she-va-PO pe-lo-NI al-mo-NI
- sentence
u-BO-az a-LA ha-SHA-ar va-YE-shev SHAM ve-hin-NE ha-go-EL o-VER a-SHER dib-ber-BO-az va-YO-mer SU-ra she-va-PO pe-lo-NI al-mo-NI va-YA-sar va-ye-SHEV
In context — Ruth 4:1
and Boaz went up the gate sat down there and behold the redeemer passing by about whom Boaz had spoken said turn aside sit here so-and-so such-a-one turned aside sat down
About this coordinate
Ruth 4:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ruth 4:1, so the Hebrew word שָׁם֒ (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 Ruth.4.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ruth.4.1.W5.S1) and character.