שָׁם
shâm · shawm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, H834 (אֲשֶׁר));
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
- there (transferring to time) then
- often thither, or thence
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
834 occurrences · 834 OT · 0 NT · 92 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- whither2 · 20%
- and there1 · 10%
- from thence1 · 10%
- there1 · 10%
- therein1 · 10%
- thereout1 · 10%
- in thither1 · 10%
- me thereof1 · 10%
- and in it1 · 10%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.