שָׁם

Strong’s Definition

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, H834 (אֲשֶׁר));

KJV Usage

in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.there, thither
• 2.there
• 3.thither (after verbs of motion)
• 4.from there, thence
• 5.then (as an adverb of time)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâm; Pronunciation: shawm