שמה vs שם
What is the difference between שם and שמה?
Both mean "there", but are they interchangeable ?
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The word שמה ends with ה' הכיוון, which is why historically you would use it to describe a movement towards there ("to there"), while שם indicates a faraway location.
More examples with ה' הכיוון might make it clear. Compare דרומה (to the south) vs. דרום (south) and צפונה (to the north) vs. צפון (north)
However, nowadays people use these two words, שם ושמה, interchangeably.
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