שָׁם (sham) means “there” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shawm Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׁם · sham · there
1) there, thither 1a) there 1b) thither (after verbs of motion) 1c) from there, thence 1d) then (as an adverb of time) Aramaic equivalent: tam.mah (תַּמָּה "there" H8536)
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שָׁם · sham · (Jerusalem) Is There
Combined with ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389) This name means there, thither
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a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, H834 (אֲשֶׁר)); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
KJV glosses: in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| there | 304 |
| from there | 42 |
| and there | 38 |
| where | 31 |
| are there | 7 |
| was there | 7 |
| in it | 6 |
| into it | 6 |
| there is | 6 |
| were there | 6 |
| here | 5 |
| is there | 5 |
| and from there | 4 |
| from | 4 |
| and | 3 |
| it there | 3 |
| the jordan | 3 |
| to reside there | 3 |
| any of it | 2 |
| back | 2 |
| even from there | 2 |
| in zion | 2 |
| it | 2 |
| it was there | 2 |
| on the spot | 2 |
| out | 2 |
| then | 2 |
| there they are | 2 |
| vvv | 2 |
| who lived there | 2 |
| an area | 1 |
| and from that place | 1 |
| and relieve yourself | 1 |
| are | 1 |
| are found there | 1 |
| are staying | 1 |
| aside there | 1 |
| at pas-dammim | 1 |
| away | 1 |
| back there | 1 |
| be there | 1 |
| but if from there | 1 |
| from samaria | 1 |
| from that place | 1 |
| from the north | 1 |
| from them | 1 |
| from what you have | 1 |
| gath | 1 |
| had been there | 1 |
| him | 1 |
| in moab | 1 |
| in such places | 1 |
| in the name of | 1 |
| into exile | 1 |
| into the pits | 1 |
| its | 1 |
| lies | 1 |
| lived | 1 |
| near it | 1 |
| nearby | 1 |
| of there | 1 |
| off | 1 |
| on | 1 |
| onto it | 1 |
| right there | 1 |
| that place | 1 |
| the bodies there | 1 |
| the land | 1 |
| the land that | 1 |
| the location of | 1 |
| the philistines | 1 |
| them | 1 |
| there quickly | 1 |
| there that night | 1 |
| there will | 1 |
| throughout | 1 |
| to be there | 1 |
| to dwell | 1 |
| to it | 1 |
| to leave | 1 |
| to live there | 1 |
| to one of these cities | 1 |
| to that place | 1 |
| to them | 1 |
| to these cities | 1 |
| to which | 1 |
| upon it | 1 |
| was | 1 |
| was located | 1 |
| where there was | 1 |
| which contains | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| whither | 2 |
| and in it | 1 |
| and there | 1 |
| from thence | 1 |
| in thither | 1 |
| me thereof | 1 |
| there | 1 |
| therein | 1 |
| thereout | 1 |
Page 8 of 15. 732 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.
Read word by wordAnd the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.
Read word by wordBut the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.
Read word by wordSo as Joab besieged the city, he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers were.
Read word by wordAfter Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
Read word by wordSo Joab sent to Tekoa to bring a wise woman from there. He told her, “Please pretend to be a mourner; put on clothes for mourning and do not anoint yourself with oil. Act like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.
Read word by wordThen Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
Read word by word“Look,” said Absalom, “I sent for you and said, ‘Come here. I want to send you to the king to ask: Why have I come back from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.’ So now, let me see the king’s face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.”
Read word by wordBut Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
Read word by wordSo Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there.
Read word by wordWhen David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.
Read word by wordWill not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
Read word by wordIndeed, their two sons, Ahimaaz son of Zadok and Jonathan son of Abiathar, are there with them. Send them to me with everything you hear.”
Read word by wordAs King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.
Read word by wordFinally, the king and all the people with him arrived, exhausted. And there he refreshed himself.
Read word by wordThen we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
Read word by wordIf he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
Read word by wordBut a young man did see them and told Absalom. So the two left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.
Read word by wordThere the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men.
Read word by wordThe battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.
Read word by word“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
Read word by wordNow a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
Read word by wordhe went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
Read word by wordSo David had the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan brought from there, and they also gathered the bones of those who had been hanged.
Read word by wordNext in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,
Read word by wordAnd after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
Read word by wordAnd there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
Read word by wordThen, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.”
Read word by wordThere Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
Read word by wordZadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.
Read word by wordAnd keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
Read word by wordThen the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.
Read word by wordNow the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
Read word by wordEach one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.8
My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.23
Solomon also prepared the inner sanctuary within the temple to set the ark of the covenant of the LORD there.
Read word by wordIn addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
Read word by wordAnd the palace where Solomon would live, set further back, was of similar construction. He also made a palace like this hall for Pharaoh’s daughter, whom he had married.
Read word by wordThe poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
Read word by wordThere was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.
Read word by word‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
Read word by wordAnd there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
Read word by wordMay Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
Read word by wordand when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
Read word by wordOn that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.
Read word by wordAnd the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
Read word by wordThey sailed to Ophir and imported gold from there—420 talents—and delivered it to Solomon.
Read word by wordTwelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
Read word by wordJoab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.
Read word by wordI will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.
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