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1 Samuel 21:8

“And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׁםshâm · shawm
H8033 · Hebrew
Definition
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
Derivation
a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, H834 (אֲשֶׁר));
KJV renderings
in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • שָׁ֡ם — adverb
Code HC/D
Usage
Occurs 835 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:8Genesis 2:10Genesis 2:11Genesis 2:12Genesis 3:23

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁם here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.