שָׁם

H8033. sham
שָׁם adverb there, thither (Arabic there, compare then; Biblical Aramaic תַּמָּה, Egyptian Aramaic תמה S-CPap. A 4, J 6, תַּמָּן ᵑ7 (with demonstrative n, compare אֱדַיִן beside אֲזַי), Syriac ; ZenjHad. 8 (Cooke159) שם); —
1. a. there Gen 2:8, Gen 2:12; Gen 11:2, Gen 11:7, Gen 11:31 + often; placed early in sentence for emphasis, Mic 4:10 תִּנָּצֵ֑לִי שָׁם, Nah 3:15; Eze 32:22, Eze 32:24; Psa 104:26 +, ֗֗֗ וְשָׁם Gen 41:12; Exo 15:27; Num 13:22, Num 13:33 +, וְשָׁם ֗֗֗ שָׁם Exo 15:25; Deu 12:14; Isa 27:10; Job 3:17 +, ֗֗֗ שָׁם וְהִנֵּה Gen 29:2, ֗֗֗ שָׁם כִּי Gen 11:9; Gen 21:31; Gen 35:7; 2Sa 1:21; 2Sa 15:21 +, ֗֗֗ שָׁם אַךְ Isa 34:14-15, ֗֗֗ שָׁם גַּם Isa 23:12; Isa 57:7; Psa 139:10; resuming a preceding 'where,' Job 39:30 הוּא שָׁם חֲלָלִים בַּאֲשֶׁר, Jdg 5:27; Jer 22:12; Ecc 11:3, compare Ecc 1:7. Repeated, שָׁם ֗֗֗ שָׁם here ... there Isa 28:10, Isa 28:13. In poetry, pointing to a spot in which a scene is localized vividly in the imagination, Psa 14:5 פחד פחדו שׁם there feared they a fear! Psalm 36:13, compare Psa 48:7; Psa 66:6; Psa 132:17; Hos 6:7; Zep 1:14. — Hab 3:4 read probably (We Now) שָׂם the flashes at his side made he the hiding of his power; Ecc 3:17 שָׁם = with God, in the Divine plan or scheme: but read perhaps שָׂם Hi De and others
b. preceded by the rel., שָׁם אֲשֶׁר where, Gen 2:11; Exo 20:21; 1Sa 9:10 +, usually with one or more words between, Gen 13:3, Gen 13:14; Gen 19:27; Exo 29:42; 2Sa 11:16; 2Ki 23:27 + often; after שָׁם הוּא בַּאֲשֶׁר בַּאֲשֶׁר, Gen 21:17. With אשׁר omitted (the relative being indicated by construct, Ges§ 130 c, d) Eze 39:11 ׳בְּיִשְׂר קֶבֶר שָׁם מְקוֺם a place where a grave (may be) in Israel, but ᵑ7 ᵐ5 Co Or and others read שֵׁם a place of renown.
2 thither, after verbs of motion ( = שָׁ֫מָּה, see
3), Deu 1:37 שָׁם תָבאֹ לֹא, Jdg 19:15; Jdg 21:10; 1Sa 2:14; 1Sa 9:6 and elsewhere; שָׁם ֗֗֗ אֲשֶׁר whither, 1Ki 18:10; 1Ki 21:18; 2Ki 1:4, 2Ki 1:6, 2Ki 1:16; Isa 20:6, more often in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, as Jer 8:3; Jer 22:27; Jer 23:3, Jer 23:8; Jer 45:5 +, Eze 4:13; Eze 12:16; Eze 36:20, Eze 36:22 +; so שֶׁשָּׁם Psa 122:4.
3 with ה locative, שָׁ֫מָּה (sh¹mm¹h):
a. after verbs of motion, thither, Gen 19:20 שָׁ֫מָּה לָנוּס to flee thither, Gen 19:22; Gen 20:13; Gen 24:6; Gen 29:3; Deu 1:38 + often; = into it, therein (of a basket, pit, etc.), Exo 16:33 הָעֹמֶר מְלֹא וְתֶןשָֿׁ֫מָּה, Exo 21:33 שָׁמָּה וְנָפַל, Exo 30:18; Jdg 8:25; 2Ki 12:10; pregnantly, after a verb implying motion, as to bury, Gen 23:13 שָׁ֫מָּה אֶתמֵֿתִי וְאֶקְבְּרָה, Gen 25:10; Gen 49:31; Gen 50:5 (all P), נוֺעַד to meet Exo 29:42-43, Exo 30:6, Exo 30:36; Numbers 17:19 (all P), Jos 2:16; Jos 7:3; Jer 13:7; Joel 4:7, perhaps Son 8:5 (? c).
b. שָׁ֫מָּה ֗֗֗ אֲשֶׁר whither Gen 20:13; Num 33:54; Deu 4:5, Deu 4:14 + often; where 2Ki 23:8; 1Ch 4:41.
c. more rarely, i. q. שָׁם there, Gen 43:30 שָׁ֫מָּה וַיֵּבְךְ, Jos 2:1; Jdg 16:27; 2Ki 4:11; 2Ki 9:16; Hos 2:17; Isa 22:18; Isa 34:15; Isa 65:9; Jer 18:2; Jer 27:22; Eze 23:3; Eze 32:29-30, (Eze 32:22; Eze 32:24; Eze 32:26 שָׁם), Eze 48:35 ׳י שָׁ֫מָּה, Psa 76:4; Psa 122:5; Ecc 3:16.
4 מִשָּׁם from there, thence:
a. often after verbs of departing, taking, etc., Gen 2:10; Gen 11:8-9, Gen 12:8; Gen 18:16; Gen 24:7; Gen 42:2, etc., Num 13:23; Num 21:12; Num 22:41 מִשָּׁם וַיַּרְא, Deu 4:29 מִשָּׁם וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם, Deu 30:4; Jer 37:12; Hos 2:17; Amo 9:2-3, Amo 9:4; Job 39:29 +. Peculiarly, Gen 49:24 יִשְׂר אֶבֶן רֹעֶה ׳מִשָּׁם 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 ᵑ6) of the Shepherd, etc. (as Ew Di).
b. מִשָּׁם ֗֗֗ אֲשֶׁר whence Gen 24:5; Num 23:13 +.
c. expressing origin, Gen 3:23 the ground מִשָּׁם לֻקַּח אֲשֶׁר, Gen 10:14 whence (= from whom) came forth the Philistines, Jdg 19:18 אָנֹכִי מִשָּׁם, 1Sa 10:12 מִשָּׁם אִישׁ, Isa 65:20.
d. of the mass, from which something is taken or made, Gen 27:9; Gen 30:32 (of צאֹן), Lev 2:2 זגו מִשָּׁם ׳וְקָמַץ (from the meal, etc., of a מנחה), 1Ki 17:13 קְטַנָּה עֻגָה מִשָּׁם לִי עֲשִׁי אַךְ i.e. from the meal and oil, 2Ki 7:2, 2Ki 7:19 תאֵֹכל׃ לֹא וּמִשָּׁם, Eze 5:3.