שָׁם adverb there, thither (Arabic 
 there
 there, compare 
 then
 then; Biblical Aramaic 
תַּמָּה, Egyptian Aramaic 
תמה S-C
Pap. A 4, J 6, 
 תַּמָּן
 תַּמָּן (with demonstrative 
n, compare 
אֱדַיִן beside 
אֲזַי), Syriac 

; Zenj
Had. 8 (Cooke
159) 
שם); — 
    1.
    a. there Genesis 2:8, 
Genesis 2:12; 
Genesis 11:2, 
Genesis 11:7, 
Genesis 11:31 + often; placed early in sentence for emphasis, 
Micah 4:10 שָׁם תִּנָּצֵ֑לִי, 
Nahum 3:15; 
Ezekiel 32:22, 
Ezekiel 32:24; 
Psalm 104:26 +, 
וְשָׁם ֗֗֗ Genesis 41:12; 
Exodus 15:27; 
Numbers 13:22, 
Numbers 13:33 +, 
שָׁם ֗֗֗ וְשָׁם Exodus 15:25; 
Deuteronomy 12:14; 
Isaiah 27:10; 
Job 3:17 +, 
וְהִנֵּה שָׁם ֗֗֗ Genesis 29:2, 
כִּי שָׁם ֗֗֗ Genesis 11:9; 
Genesis 21:31; 
Genesis 35:7; 
2 Samuel 1:21; 
2 Samuel 15:21 +, 
אַךְ שָׁם ֗֗֗ Isaiah 34:14, 
Isaiah 34:15, 
גַּם שָׁם ֗֗֗ Isaiah 23:12; 
Isaiah 57:7; 
Psalm 139:10; resuming a preceding 'where,' 
Job 39:30 בַּאֲשֶׁר חֲלָלִים שָׁם הוּא, 
Judges 5:27; 
Jeremiah 22:12; 
Ecclesiastes 11:3, compare 
Ecclesiastes 1:7. Repeated, 
שָׁם ֗֗֗ שָׁם here... 
there Isaiah 28:10, 
Isaiah 28:13. In poetry, pointing to a spot in which a scene is localized vividly in the imagination, 
Psalm 14:5 שׁם פחדו פחד there feared they a fear! 
Psalm 36:13 [
Psalm 36:12], compare 
Psalm 48:7 [
Psalm 48:6]; 
Psalm 66:6; 
Psalm 132:17; 
Hosea 6:7; 
Zephaniah 1:14. — 
Habakkuk 3:4 read probably (We Now) 
שָׂם the flashes at his side 
made he the hiding of his power; 
Ecclesiastes 3:17 שָׁם = 
with God, in the Divine plan or scheme: but read perhaps 
שָׂם Hi De and others
 
    2. thither, after verbs of motion ( = 
שָׁ֫מָּה, see 
3), 
H8033Deuteronomy 1:37 לֹא תָבאֹ שָׁם, 
Judges 19:15; 
Judges 21:10; 
1 Samuel 2:14; 
1 Samuel 9:6 and elsewhere; 
אֲשֶׁר ֗֗֗ שָׁם whither, 
1 Kings 18:10; 
1 Kings 21:18; 
2 Kings 1:4,
2 Kings 1:6, 
2 Kings 1:16; 
Isaiah 20:6, more often in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, as 
Jeremiah 8:3; 
Jeremiah 22:27; 
Jeremiah 23:3,
Jeremiah 23:8; 
Jeremiah 45:5  +, 
Ezekiel 4:13; 
Ezekiel 12:16; 
Ezekiel 36:20, 
Ezekiel 36:22 +; so 
שֶׁשָּׁם Psalm 122:4.
 
    3. with ה locative, שָׁ֫מָּה (shắmmāh):
    a. after verbs of motion, 
thither, 
Genesis 19:20  לָנוּס שָׁ֫מָּה to flee 
thither, 
Genesis 19:22; 
Genesis 20:13; 
Genesis 24:6; 
Genesis 29:3; 
Deuteronomy 1:38 + often; = 
into it, therein (of a basket, pit, etc.), 
Exodus 16:33 וְתֶןשָֿׁ֫מָּה מְלֹא הָעֹמֶר, 
Exodus 21:33  וְנָפַל שָׁמָּה, 
Exodus 30:18; 
Judges 8:25; 
2 Kings 12:10; pregnantly, after a verb implying motion, as 
to bury, 
Genesis 23:13 וְאֶקְבְּרָה אֶתמֵֿתִי שָׁ֫מָּה, 
Genesis 25:10; 
Genesis 49:31; 
Genesis 50:5 (all P), 
נוֺעַד to meet Exodus 29:42, 
Exodus 29:43; 
Exodus 30:6, 
Exodus 30:36; 
Numbers 17:19 [
Numbers 17:4] (all P), 
Joshua 2:16; 
Joshua 7:3; 
Jeremiah 13:7; 
Joel 4:7 [
Joel 3:7], perhaps 
Songs 8:5 (? 
c).
 
    4. מִשָּׁם from there, thence:
    a. often after verbs of departing, taking, etc., 
Genesis 2:10; 
Genesis 11:8, 
Genesis 11:9; 
Genesis 12:8; 
Genesis 18:16; 
Genesis 24:7; 
Genesis 42:2, etc., 
Numbers 13:23; 
Numbers 21:12; 
Numbers 22:41 וַיַּרְא מִשָּׁם, 
Deuteronomy 4:29 וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּם מִשָּׁם, 
Deuteronomy 30:4; 
Jeremiah 37:12; 
Hosea 2:17 [
Hosea 2:15]; 
Amos 9:2, 
Amos 9:3, 
Amos 9:4; 
Job 39:29 +. Peculiarly, 
Genesis 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 

) of the Shepherd, etc. (as Ew Di).
 
See related Aramaic BDB entry 
H8536.
														
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