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Genesis 49:31

“There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.” (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: שָׁ֣מָּ — adverb
ה — suffix (directional he)
Code HD/Sd
Usage: Occurs 835 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:8 Genesis 2:10 Genesis 2:11 Genesis 2:12 Genesis 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.

Verse 30 Verse 32

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.