Sham (שָׁם) means there in Hebrew.
It is an adverb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שָׁם
sham
adverb
In English
there
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Sham.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1בַּמָּקוֹם הַהוּא.
...וַיֵּצְאוּ אִתָּם מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים לָלֶכֶת אַרְצָה כְּנַעַן; וַיָּבֹאוּ עַד־חָרָן, וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם.
- 2בְּנִמְצָא, בִּמְצִיאוּת.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Sham is an adverb.
- Written with vowel points
- שָׁם
- Written without vowel points
- שם
- Said
- sham
- Gematria
- 340
This is how Sham is said in other languages.
- English
- there
- Arabic
- هناك, ثمَ
- Russian
- там
- French
- là, y
- Spanish
- allá, ahí
- German
- dort
- Yiddish
- דאָרט
These words mean the opposite of Sham.
These words rhyme with Sham.
These words come before and after Sham in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Sham.
What does Sham (שָׁם) mean in Hebrew?
Sham (שָׁם) means there. It is said sham, with the stress on sham.
What is the opposite of Sham (שָׁם)?
Words that mean the opposite of Sham (שָׁם) are כאן, פה, and כה.
What rhymes with Sham (שָׁם)?
Words that rhyme with Sham (שָׁם) include אדם, דם, ים, עם, סם, and עולם.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.