שָׁם
there
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
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Part of speech
- Adverb
- A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb.
Every verse where H8033 appears in the Book of Numbers — 36 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Numbers
- Numbers 9:17 שָׁם֙ שָׁ֥ם adv adv Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel traveled; and in the place where the cloud remained, there the children of Israel encamped.
- Numbers 11:16 שָׁ֖ם adv Yahweh said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you.
- Numbers 11:17 שָׁם֒ adv I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.
- Numbers 11:34 שָׁם֙ adv The name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.
- Numbers 13:22 וְ/שָׁ֤ם conj + adv They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Numbers 13:23 מִ/שָּׁ֤ם prep + adv They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two; [they brought] also of the pomegranates, and of the figs.
- Numbers 13:24 מִ/שָּׁ֖ם prep + adv That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
- Numbers 13:28 שָֽׁם adv However the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, [and] very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.
- Numbers 13:33 וְ/שָׁ֣ם conj + adv There we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
- Numbers 14:24 שָׁ֔מָּ/ה adv + sfx dem but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into which he went; and his seed shall possess it.
- Numbers 14:35 וְ/שָׁ֥ם conj + adv I, Yahweh, have spoken, surely this will I do to all this evil congregation, who are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
- Numbers 14:43 שָׁם֙ adv For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you are turned back from following Yahweh, therefore Yahweh will not be with you.
- Numbers 15:18 שָֽׁמָּ/ה adv + sfx dem Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, When you come into the land where I bring you,
- Numbers 17:4 שָֽׁמָּ/ה adv + sfx dem You shall lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you.
- Numbers 19:18 שָׁ֑ם adv and a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave:
- Numbers 20:1 שָׁם֙ שָֽׁם adv adv The children of Israel, even the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
- Numbers 20:4 שָׁ֔ם adv Why have you brought the assembly of Yahweh into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our animals?
- Numbers 20:26 שָֽׁם adv and strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered [to his people], and shall die there.
- Numbers 20:28 שָׁ֖ם adv Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there on the top of the mountain: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.
- Numbers 21:12 מִ/שָּׁ֖ם prep + adv From there they traveled, and encamped in the valley of Zered.
- Numbers 21:13 מִ/שָּׁם֮ prep + adv From there they traveled, and encamped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness, that comes out of the border of the Amorites: for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
- Numbers 21:16 וּ/מִ/שָּׁ֖ם conj + prep + adv From there they traveled to Beer: that is the well of which Yahweh said to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water.
- Numbers 21:32 שָֽׁם adv Moses sent to spy out Jazer; and they took the towns of it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
- Numbers 22:41 מִ/שָּׁ֖ם prep + adv It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people.
- Numbers 23:13 מִ/שָּׁ֔ם מִ/שָּֽׁם prep + adv prep + adv Balak said to him, Please come with me to another place, from whence you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there.
- Numbers 23:27 מִ/שָּֽׁם prep + adv Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from there.
- Numbers 32:26 שָׁ֖ם adv Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead;
- Numbers 33:9 שָֽׁם adv They traveled from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there.
- Numbers 33:14 שָׁ֥ם adv They traveled from Alush, and encamped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.
- Numbers 33:38 שָׁ֑ם adv Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor at the commandment of Yahweh, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month.
- Numbers 33:54 שָׁ֛מָּ/ה adv + sfx dem You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall you inherit.
- Numbers 35:6 שָׁ֖מָּ/ה adv + sfx dem The cities which you shall give to the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to: and besides them you shall give forty-two cities.
- Numbers 35:11 שָׁ֨מָּ/ה֙ adv + sfx dem then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
- Numbers 35:15 שָׁ֔מָּ/ה adv + sfx dem For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the foreigner living among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that everyone who kills any person unwittingly may flee there.
- Numbers 35:25 שָׁ֑מָּ/ה adv + sfx dem and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, where he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
- Numbers 35:26 שָֽׁמָּ/ה adv + sfx dem But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, where he flees,
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew verb שם centers on the idea of “there.” Its meaning spans more than one sense — see its full sense range. It turns up in 732 verses across 36 books, one of the most common footprint. First canonically at Genesis 2:8, it enters the text early. It clusters with אשר, של and תם under a shared root. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H8033 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 732
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 732 distinct verses.
- 36 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 36 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #55
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 55 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 732 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Genesis 86 verses 12%
- Deuteronomy 75 verses 10%
- Jeremiah 69 verses 9%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 732 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 400 verses · 55%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 231 verses · 32%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 101 verses · 14%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: There 2×, Whither 2×
- American Standard Version: There 3×, Thither 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: There 400×, Where 29×, It 16×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: There 649×, To 12×, Was there 12×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H8033 across 10 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H8033 across 10 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H8033 across 551 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 37 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 281 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H8033 across 793 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
12 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 12 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1.
- a. there Gn 2:8, 12; 11:2, 7, 31 + often; placed early in sentence for emph., Mi 4:10 שָׁם תִּנָּצֵ֑לִי, Na 3:15; Ez 32:22, 24 ψ 104:26 +, וְשָׁם … Gn 41:12; Ex 15:27; Nu 13:22, 33 +, שָׁם … וְשָׁם Ex 15:25; Dt 12:14; Is 27:10; Jb 3:17 +, וְהִנֵּה שָׁם … Gn 29:2, כִּי שָׁם … 11:9; 21:31; 35:7; 2 S 1:21; 15:21 +, אַךְ שָׁם … Is 34:14, 15, גַּם שָׁם … 23:12; 57:7 ψ 139:10; resuming a preceding ‘where,’ Jb 39:30 בַּאֲשֶׁר חֲלָלִים שָׁם הוּא, Ju 5:27; Je 22:12; Ec 11:3, cf. 1:7. Repeated, שָׁם … שָׁם here … there Is 28:10, 13. In poetry, pointing to a spot in which a scene is localized vividly in the imagination, ψ 14:5 שׁם פחדו פחד there feared they a fear! 36:13, cf. 48:7; 66:6; 132:17; Hos 6:7; Zp 1:14.—Hb 3:4 read probably (We Now) שָׂם the flashes at his side made he the hiding of his power; Ec 3:17 שָׁם = with God, in the Divine plan or scheme: but read perhaps שָׂם Hi De al. e.g. Genesis 2:8
- b. preceded by the rel., אֲשֶׁר שָׁם where, Gn 2:11; Ex 20:21; 1 S 9:10 +, usually with one or more words between, Gn 13:3, 14; 19:27; Ex 29:42; 2 S 11:16; 2 K 23:27 + often; after בַּאֲשֶׁר, בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא שָׁם †Gn 21:17. With אשׁר omitted (the rel. being indic. by cstr., Ges§ 130 c, d) Ez 39:11 מְקוֹם שָׁם קֶבֶר בְּיִשְׂר׳ a place where a grave (may be) in Isr., but 𝔊 𝔙 Co Or al. read שֵׁם a place of renown. e.g. Genesis 2:11
- 2. thither, after vbs. of motion (= שָׁ֫מָּה, v. 3) Dt 1:37 לֹא תָבֹא שָׁם, Ju 19:15; 21:10; 1 S 2:14; 9:6 al, אֲשֶׁר … שָׁם whither, 1 K 18:10; 21:18; 2 K 1:4, 6, 16; Is 20:6, more often in Je Ez, as Je 8:3; 22:27; 23:3, 8; 45:5 +, Ez 4:13; 12:16; 36:20, 22 +; so שֶׁשָּׁם ψ 122:4. e.g. Deuteronomy 1:37
- 3. with ה loc., שָׁ֫מָּה (shā́mmāh):
- a. after vbs. of motion, thither, Gn 19:20 לָנוּס שָׁ֫מָּה to flee thither, v 22; 20:13; 24:6; 29:3; Dt 1:38 + often; = into it, therein (of a basket, pit, etc.), Ex 16:33 וְתֶן־שָׁ֫מָּה מְלֹא הָעֹמֶר, 21:33 וְנָפַל שָׁמָּה, 30:18; Ju 8:25; 2 K 12:10; pregnantly, after a verb implying motion, as to bury, Gn 23:13 וְאֶקְבְּרָה אֶת־מֵתִי שָׁ֫מָּה, 25:10; 49:31; 50:5 (all P), נוֹעַד to meet Ex 29:42, 43; 30:6, 36; Nu 17:19 (all P), Jos 2:16; 7:3; Je 13:7; Jo 4:7 (cf. b), Ct 8:5 (?c). e.g. Genesis 19:20
- b. אֲשֶׁר … שָׁ֫מָּה whither Gn 20:13; Nu 33:54; Dt 4:5, 14 + often; where 2 K 23:8; 1 Ch 4:41. e.g. Genesis 20:13
- c. more rarely, i. q. שָׁם there, Gn 43:30 וַיִּבְךְ שָׁ֫מָּה, Jos 2:1; Ju 16:27; 2 K 4:11; 9:16 Ho 2:17; Is 22:18; 34:15; 65:9; Je 18:2; 27:22; Ez 23:3; 32:29, 30 (v 22, 24, 26 שָׁם), 48:35 י׳ שָׁ֫מָּה, ψ 76:4; 122:5; Ec 3:16. e.g. Genesis 43:30
- 4. מִשָּׁם from there, thence:
- a. often after verbs of departing, taking, etc., Gn 2:10; 11:8, 9; 12:8; 18:16; 24:7; 42:2, etc., Nu 13:23; 21:12; 22:41 וַיַּרְא מִשָּׁם, Dt 4:29 וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם מִשָּׁם, 30:4; Je 37:12; Ho 2:17; Am 9:2, 3, 4; Jb 39:29 +. Peculiarly, Gn 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 𝔖) of the Shepherd, etc. (as Ew Di). e.g. Genesis 2:10
- b. אֲשֶׁר … מִשָּׁם whence Gn 24:5; Nu 23:13 +. e.g. Genesis 24:5
- c. expressing origin, Gn 3:23 the ground אֲשֶׁר לֻקַּח מִשָּׁם, 10:14 whence (= from whom) came forth the Phil., Ju 19:18 מִשָּׁם אָנֹכִי, 1 S 10:12 אִישׁ מִשָּׁם, Is 65:20. e.g. Genesis 3:23
- d. of the mass, from which something is taken or made, Gn 27:9; 30:32 (of צֹאן), Lv 2:2 וְקָמַץ מִשָּׁם וגו׳ (from the meal, etc., of a מנחה), 1 K 17:13 אַךְ עֲשָׂי לִי מִשָּׁם עֻגָה קְטַנָּה i.e. from the meal and oil, 2 K 7:2, 19 וּמִשָּׁם לֹא תֹאכִֽל׃, Ez 5:3. e.g. Genesis 27:9
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
adv. there, thither (Arabic ثَمَّ there, cf. ثُمَّ then; Biblical Aramaic תַּמָּה, Egyptian Aramaic תמה S-CPap. A 4, J 6, 𝔗 תַּמָּן (with demonstr. n, cf. אֱדַיִן beside אֲזַי), Syriac ܬܰܡܳܢ; ZenjHad. 8 (Cooke159) שם);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אשר (ʼăsher) (H834) — which.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שָׁם
- (b. h.) there, thither. Macc. II, 7 אינו יוצא מִשָּׁם לעולם he dare not go away from there (the city of refuge) all his life time; שם תהא דירתו שם וכ׳ there he must live, there he must die &c.; Tosef. ib. III (II), 5. Macc. 4ᵃ שנפל שם which fell thereinto. Ber. V, 4 אם אין שם כהן וכ׳ if no priest besides him is present; a. v. fr.—Cant. R. to VIII, 9 שָׁמָּה, v. רגָּז.—לְשָׁם thither. Ex. R. s. 18; a. fr.
שֵׁם I
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. Shem, son of Noah. Meg. 9ᵇ (ref. to Gen. IX, 27) דבריו … באהלי שם let the speech of Japheth (Greek) dwell in the tents of Shem; v. יָפְיוּת. Gen. R. s. 63, v. עֵבֶר I. Snh. 69ᵇ. Ex. R. s. 18 the Lord said, חייב אני לשם אביהם וכ׳ I am indebted to their (the Assyrians’) father Shem, because he and Japheth took their cloaks and covered with it &c.; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 9:27
שֵׁם II
- v. שׁוּם a. mark, name, title, nature, denomination. Pes. III, 3 לא תקרא לה שם וכ׳ she must not name it (declare it to be Ḥallah) until it is baked. Ter. III, 5 האומר … קרא שם if one says, the priest’s portion of this pile is in it …, he has named it (designated it as T’rumah). Gen. R. s. 25 (ref. to Gen. V, 29) לא השם הוא המדרש … הוא השם וכ׳ the name (נח) and the interpretation (ינחמנו) do not correspond; it ought to be either &c. Ber. II, 8 ליטול … השם, v. נָטַל. Macc. I, 2 לא השם המביאו וכ׳ the title (the legal text) under which the false witness is doomed to lashes, is not the one under which he is bound to pay indemnity. Kinn. I, 3 משם אחד sacrificial birds of the same denomination (intended for the same class of cases), opp. משני שמות of different denominations. Sabb. XII, 3 משם אחד two letters of the alphabet of the same name (אא, בב &c.), opp. משתי שמות two different letters (אב &c.). Ib. שם קטן משם גדול וכ׳ a small name or word as a part (or abbreviation) of a larger one, as שם as a part of שמעון, of שמואל &c. Ib. 103ᵇ שתי אותיות והן שם אחד two identical letters which represent a word, (as שש, which may stand for שֵׁשׁ or שָׂשׂ) &c. Shebu. 3ᵇ, a. fr. לא מן השם הוא זה וכ׳ this comes not under this title (this is not the real reason), but it is because &c. Ker. III, 4 אינו מן השם the offence is not of the same class. Macc. 4ᵇ, a. fr. (על חבירו) מוציא שם רע who spreads an evil report about his neighbor (injures his reputation). Ber. 17ᵃ גדל בשם טוב וכ׳ who has grown up with a good name, and departed life with a good name; a. v. fr.—Esp. הַשֵּׁם or שֵׁם the Divine Name, the Tetragrammaton, contradist. to כינוי attribute; in gen. the Lord. Snh. VII, 5 המגדף … שיפרש השם the blasphemer is not punishable, unless he uses the Name explicitly. Ib. 8 המקלל … בַּשֵּׁם he that curses his father or his mother is not punishable, unless he curses them with the Name. Ib. 56ᵃ בידך את השם בכינוי (not בכינויים) if he curses God by using a divine attribute. Ib. עד שיברך שם בשם unless he curses God and pronounces the Name. Yoma III, 8; IV, 2; VI, 2 (בשם) אנא השם I pray, O Lord (pronouncing the Tetragrammaton). Ib. כשהיו שומעים שם המפורש שהוא יוצא וכ׳ when they heard the Tetragrammaton pronounced &c., v. פָּרַשׁ. Ib. IV, 1 אחד … לַשֵּׁם on one of the lots was written ‘unto the Lord’; של שם the lot bearing the inscription ‘unto the Lord’; a. v. fr.; v. שָׁמַיִם.—Especial uses: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁ־ the same as, as well as. Ber. IX, 5 חייב אדם … כשם שמברך וכ׳ a man is bound to bless God for what is evil as well as he blesses for what is good. Ib. 62ᵃ כשם שנפרעין וכ׳ as well as the dead are called to account &c., v. סַפְדָּן. Sot. V, 1 כשם שהמים … כך וכ׳ as the waters test her, so do they test him. Ib. כשם שאסורה וכ׳, v. בָּעַל; a. v. fr.—בְּשֵׁם, מִשֵּׁם in the name of, in behalf of. Meg. 15ᵃ כל האומר דכר בשם אומרו וכ׳ he who relates a thing in the name of him who said it (gives credit to authority), brings redemption into the world. Peah II, 4 מִשְּׁמוֹ in his own name (as his individual opinion). Y. Taan. I, 64ᵃ הלכה … שאמר משם וכ׳ the rule follows the opinion of …, who said in behalf of &c.; a. v. fr.—לְשֵׁם for the purpose of, for the sake of, as; with reference to. Gitt. 24ᵇ כתב רחמנא לה לִשְׁמָהּ the text (Deut. XXIV, 3) says, ‘unto her’, that means, that it must be written especially for her. Yeb. 47ᵇ, v. שׁוּם II.—Snh. 99ᵇ העוסק בתורה לשמה who studies the Law for its own sake (for no selfish ends). Pes. 50ᵇ לעולם יעסוק … אע"פ שלא לשמה … בא לשמה by all means let a man engage in the study of the Law and in good deeds, even if not for their own sake, for through the work for a selfish purpose he will arrive at the stage of doing good for its own sake. Ib. 13ᵇ, a. e. שחטן לִשְׁמָן וכ׳ if he slaughtered them as such (as festive sacrifices) &c.; זרק דמן שלא לשמן if he sprinkled their blood, having in mind another purpose (another class of sacrifices). Gen. R. s. 25 לשם קרבנו נקרא he was named (נח) with reference to his sacrifice (ניחח, Gen. VIII, 21); לשם נחת וכ׳ he was named (נח) with reference to the rest of the ark (ותנח, Gen. VIII, 4); Yalk. ib. 42 על שם וכ׳; a. v. fr.—עַל שֵׁם (abbrev. ע"ש) with reference to, because. Y. Taan. II, beg. 65ᵃ על שם ואנכי וכ׳ as a reference to (what Abraham said,) ‘and I am but dust and ashes’ (Gen. XVIII, 27). Gen. R. s. 23, v. טְבַרְיָא; a. fr.; v. שׁוּם II.—Pl. שֵׁמוֹת, constr. שְׁמוֹת. Kinn. l. c. Gen. R. s. 26 כל הש׳ הללו וכ׳ all these names indicate rebellion &c., v. מַרְדּוּת I. B. Mets. 114ᵇ עובר בכל הש׳ הללו is guilty under all these titles (texts). Shebu. 35ᵃ יש ש׳ שנמחקין ויש ש׳ וכ׳ there are divine names which may be erased, and such as may not be erased. Y. R. Hash. I, 56ᵈ bot. שְׁ׳ המלאכים, v. מַלְאָךְ; a. fr. e.g. Genesis 5:29
שֵׁם
- Targ. Y. II, Ex. XXXI, 2. Targ. Ps. CXLVII, 4. Targ. O. Gen. VI, 4; a. fr.—Sot. 49ᵃ יהא שְׁמֵיה רבא (abbrev. יה"ש"ר), v. אֲגַדְתָּא. Ab. I, 13, v. נְגַד. Yoma 83ᵇ, v. דּוּק. Ber. 7ᵇ, v. גְּרַם I. Sabb. 8ᵇ (in Hebr. dict.) שמיה הילוך comes under the category of ‘walking’; לא שמיה תשמיש does not come under the category of ‘use.’ Ḥull. 48ᵃ משמיה רר׳ וכ׳ in behalf of &c.; Y. Taan. I, 64ᵃ bot. מן שמיה. Sabb. 145ᵇ שְׁמָאִי my name, v. מָתָא; a. v. fr.—Y. Orl. I, 61ᵃ bot. אית בני נש שְׁמוֹן בריכה וכ׳ there are persons whose name is B’rikah (meaning blessing), as one says, come thou, blessed of the Lord.—Pl. שְׁמָהָן, שְׁמָהָתָא; שְׁמַיָּיא, שְׁמֵי. Targ. Gen. II, 20. Ib. XXVI, 18. Targ. O. Num. I, 5 שְׁמָהַת constr.; Y. שְׁמָהָיַית; a. fr.—Gitt. 11ᵇ שמהתא … בשְׁמָהָתַיְיהוּ other names which Jews frequently adopt for their own, v. נְסַק. Meg. 14ᵇ סניין שְׁמַיְיהוּ, v. סְנֵי; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 84 distinct written forms H8033 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁ֖ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 12:14 | 103 |
| שָֽׁם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 1:28 | 79 |
| שָׁ֔ם | Adverb | Daniel 9:7 | 56 |
| שָׁ֑ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 12:5 | 45 |
| שָׁם֙ | Adverb | Deuteronomy 17:12 | 45 |
| שָׁ֣ם | Adverb | Amos 7:12 | 44 |
| שָׁ֖מָּ/ה | Adverb | Deuteronomy 4:5 | 29 |
| שָֽׁמָּ/ה | Adverb | Deuteronomy 3:21 | 27 |
| שָׁ֛ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 16:6 | 26 |
| שָׁ֤ם | Adverb | Exodus 17:3 | 23 |
| שָׁ֥ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 21:4 | 23 |
| מִ/שָּׁ֖ם | Adverb | Amos 6:2 | 22 |
| מִ/שָּׁ֔ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 5:15 | 16 |
| שָׁ֔מָּ/ה | Adverb | Deuteronomy 32:50 | 15 |
| שָׁ֑מָּ/ה | Adverb | Deuteronomy 1:38 | 14 |
| שָׁ֗ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 12:7 | 14 |
| שָׁ֨מָּ/ה֙ | Adverb | Deuteronomy 11:10 | 13 |
| מִ/שָּׁם֙ | Adverb | Genesis 18:16 | 12 |
| מִ/שָּֽׁם | Adverb | Genesis 3:23 | 9 |
| וְ/שָׁ֖ם | Adverb | Amos 7:12 | 8 |
| מִ/שָּׁ֗ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 30:4 | 8 |
| מִ/שָּׁ֛ם | Adverb | Amos 9:3 | 8 |
| שָׁ֣מָּ/ה | Adverb | Deuteronomy 12:11 | 8 |
| שָׁ֨ם | Adverb | Ezekiel 39:11 | 8 |
| שָׁם֒ | Adverb | Deuteronomy 12:21 | 8 |
| וְ/שָׁ֣ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 12:14 | 7 |
| וְ/שָׁ֥ם | Adverb | Exodus 15:25 | 7 |
| מִ/שָּׁ֑ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 6:23 | 7 |
| מִ/שָּׁ֥ם | Adverb | Amos 9:3 | 7 |
| שָׁ֜ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 34:5 | 7 |
| שָׁ֞ם | Adverb | Ezekiel 42:13 | 7 |
| מִ/שָּׁ֜ם | Adverb | Genesis 12:8 | 6 |
| שָׁ֧ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 28:68 | 6 |
| וְ/שָׁם֙ | Adverb | 1 Chronicles 11:4 | 5 |
| וּ/מִ/שָּׁ֖ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 30:4 | 5 |
| שָׁ֛מָּ/ה | Adverb | Deuteronomy 12:29 | 5 |
| שָׁ֜מָּ/ה | Adverb | Deuteronomy 4:42 | 5 |
| שָּׁ֔ם | Adverb | 1 Kings 4:28 | 5 |
| שָּׁ֛ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 28:36 | 5 |
| וְ/שָׁ֞ם | Adverb | Ezekiel 20:40 | 4 |
| מִ/שָּׁ֤ם | Adverb | Genesis 20:1 | 4 |
| שָׁ֗מָּ/ה | Adverb | Deuteronomy 12:6 | 4 |
| שָׁ֚ם | Adverb | Ezekiel 47:23 | 4 |
| שָׁ֥מָּ/ה | Adverb | Ecclesiastes 3:16 | 4 |
| שָּׁם֙ | Adverb | Deuteronomy 27:5 | 4 |
| וְ/שָׁ֨מָּ/ה֙ | Adverb | Deuteronomy 32:52 | 3 |
| שָׁ֚מָּ/ה | Adverb | Ezekiel 23:3 | 3 |
| שָׁ֝֗ם | Adverb | Job 34:22 | 3 |
| שָׁ֭ם | Adverb | Psalms 104:17 | 3 |
| שָּׁ֑ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 27:7 | 3 |
| שָּׁ֖ם | Adverb | 1 Samuel 20:19 | 3 |
| שָּׁ֗ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 14:26 | 3 |
| וְ/שָׁ֖מָּ/ה | Adverb | Deuteronomy 34:4 | 2 |
| וְ/שָׁ֗ם | Adverb | Exodus 15:27 | 2 |
| וְ/שָׁ֤ם | Adverb | Jeremiah 20:6 | 2 |
| וְ/שָׁ֨ם | Adverb | Genesis 41:12 | 2 |
| וּ/מִ/שָּׁם֙ | Adverb | Genesis 2:10 | 2 |
| מִ/שָּׁ֣ם | Adverb | Judges 19:18 | 2 |
| מִ֠/שָּׁם | Adverb | 1 Kings 17:13 | 2 |
| שָׁ֕ם | Adverb | Deuteronomy 26:5 | 2 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 24 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H8033, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 698 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 732 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:8
- Exodus 8:22
- Leviticus 2:2
- Numbers 9:17
- Deuteronomy 1:28
- Joshua 2:1
- Judges 1:7
- Ruth 1:2
- 1 Samuel 1:3
- 2 Samuel 1:21
- 1 Kings 1:14
- 2 Kings 1:4
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
