H7643: שְׂבָם
Sᵉbâm · pronounced seb-awm' · “Sebam”
Definition
Sebam or Sibmah, a place in Moab
KJV translates it as: Shebam, Shibmah, Sibmah.
Word origin: or (feminine) שִׂבְמָה; probably from H1313 (בָּשָׂם); spice;
Extended definition
one of the towns in the pastoral district on the east of the Jordan in Moab; allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7643 is translated
- sibmah ×5
- sebam ×1
Bible verses with H7643 (Sᵉbâm)
Sᵉbâm appears in 6 verses.
- Numbers 32:3
Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,
- Numbers 32:38
And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
- Joshua 13:19
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth–shahar in the mount of the valley,
- Isaiah 16:8
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
- Isaiah 16:9
Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
- Jeremiah 48:32
O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.