שָׁם adverb there, thither (Arabic
there, compare
then; Biblical Aramaic
תַּמָּה, Egyptian Aramaic
תמה S-C
Pap. A 4, J 6,
תַּמָּן (with demonstrative
n, compare
אֱדַיִן beside
אֲזַי), Syriac
; Zenj
Had. 8 (Cooke
159)
שם); —
1.
a. there Genesis 2:8,
Genesis 2:12;
Genesis 11:2,
Genesis 11:7,
Genesis 11:31 + often; placed early in sentence for emphasis,
Micah 4:10 שָׁם תִּנָּצֵ֑לִי,
Nahum 3:15;
Ezekiel 32:22,
Ezekiel 32:24;
Psalm 104:26 +,
וְשָׁם ֗֗֗ Genesis 41:12;
Exodus 15:27;
Numbers 13:22,
Numbers 13:33 +,
שָׁם ֗֗֗ וְשָׁם Exodus 15:25;
Deuteronomy 12:14;
Isaiah 27:10;
Job 3:17 +,
וְהִנֵּה שָׁם ֗֗֗ Genesis 29:2,
כִּי שָׁם ֗֗֗ Genesis 11:9;
Genesis 21:31;
Genesis 35:7;
2 Samuel 1:21;
2 Samuel 15:21 +,
אַךְ שָׁם ֗֗֗ Isaiah 34:14,
Isaiah 34:15,
גַּם שָׁם ֗֗֗ Isaiah 23:12;
Isaiah 57:7;
Psalm 139:10; resuming a preceding 'where,'
Job 39:30 בַּאֲשֶׁר חֲלָלִים שָׁם הוּא,
Judges 5:27;
Jeremiah 22:12;
Ecclesiastes 11:3, compare
Ecclesiastes 1:7. Repeated,
שָׁם ֗֗֗ שָׁם here...
there Isaiah 28:10,
Isaiah 28:13. In poetry, pointing to a spot in which a scene is localized vividly in the imagination,
Psalm 14:5 שׁם פחדו פחד there feared they a fear!
Psalm 36:13 [
Psalm 36:12], compare
Psalm 48:7 [
Psalm 48:6];
Psalm 66:6;
Psalm 132:17;
Hosea 6:7;
Zephaniah 1:14. —
Habakkuk 3:4 read probably (We Now)
שָׂם the flashes at his side
made he the hiding of his power;
Ecclesiastes 3:17 שָׁם =
with God, in the Divine plan or scheme: but read perhaps
שָׂם Hi De and others
2. thither, after verbs of motion ( =
שָׁ֫מָּה, see
3),
H8033Deuteronomy 1:37 לֹא תָבאֹ שָׁם,
Judges 19:15;
Judges 21:10;
1 Samuel 2:14;
1 Samuel 9:6 and elsewhere;
אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗ שָׁם whither,
1 Kings 18:10;
1 Kings 21:18;
2 Kings 1:4,
2 Kings 1:6,
2 Kings 1:16;
Isaiah 20:6, more often in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, as
Jeremiah 8:3;
Jeremiah 22:27;
Jeremiah 23:3,
Jeremiah 23:8;
Jeremiah 45:5 +,
Ezekiel 4:13;
Ezekiel 12:16;
Ezekiel 36:20,
Ezekiel 36:22 +; so
שֶׁשָּׁם Psalm 122:4.
3. with ה locative, שָׁ֫מָּה (shắmmāh):
a. after verbs of motion,
thither,
Genesis 19:20 לָנוּס שָׁ֫מָּה to flee
thither,
Genesis 19:22;
Genesis 20:13;
Genesis 24:6;
Genesis 29:3;
Deuteronomy 1:38 + often; =
into it, therein (of a basket, pit, etc.),
Exodus 16:33 וְתֶןשָֿׁ֫מָּה מְלֹא הָעֹמֶר,
Exodus 21:33 וְנָפַל שָׁמָּה,
Exodus 30:18;
Judges 8:25;
2 Kings 12:10; pregnantly, after a verb implying motion, as
to bury,
Genesis 23:13 וְאֶקְבְּרָה אֶתמֵֿתִי שָׁ֫מָּה,
Genesis 25:10;
Genesis 49:31;
Genesis 50:5 (all P),
נוֺעַד to meet Exodus 29:42,
Exodus 29:43;
Exodus 30:6,
Exodus 30:36;
Numbers 17:19 [
Numbers 17:4] (all P),
Joshua 2:16;
Joshua 7:3;
Jeremiah 13:7;
Joel 4:7 [
Joel 3:7], perhaps
Songs 8:5 (?
c).
4. מִשָּׁם from there, thence:
a. often after verbs of departing, taking, etc.,
Genesis 2:10;
Genesis 11:8,
Genesis 11:9;
Genesis 12:8;
Genesis 18:16;
Genesis 24:7;
Genesis 42:2, etc.,
Numbers 13:23;
Numbers 21:12;
Numbers 22:41 וַיַּרְא מִשָּׁם,
Deuteronomy 4:29 וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם מִשָּׁם,
Deuteronomy 30:4;
Jeremiah 37:12;
Hosea 2:17 [
Hosea 2:15];
Amos 9:2,
Amos 9:3,
Amos 9:4;
Job 39:29 +. Peculiarly,
Genesis 49:24 מִשָּׁם רֹעֶה אֶבֶן יִשְׂר׳ Ges De RVm
from there [from heaven], (from) the Shepherd (
י׳), the Stone (Rock) of Israel, Ew Di Sta
from there (where is) the Shepherd of (
רֹעֵה) the (Bethel-)stone of Israel; but both forced: text dubious; Gunk by the name (
מִשֵּׁם; so
) of the Shepherd, etc. (as Ew Di).
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H8536.
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