H8169: שַׁעַלְבִים
Shaʻalbîym · pronounced shah-al-beem' · “Shaalbim”
Definition
Shaalbim or Shaalabbin, a place in Palestine
KJV translates it as: Shaalabbin, Shaalbim.
Word origin: or שַׁעֲלַבִּין; plural from H7776 (שׁוּעָל); fox-holes;
Extended definition
Shaalbim or Shaalabbin = "place of foxes"
a town in Dan occupied by the Amorites
Also named: sha.al.vo.ni (שַׁעַלְבֹנִי "Shaalbonite" H8170)
a town in Dan occupied by the Amorites
Also named: sha.al.vo.ni (שַׁעַלְבֹנִי "Shaalbonite" H8170)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8169 is translated
- shaalbim ×2
- shaalabbin ×1
Bible verses with H8169 (Shaʻalbîym)
Shaʻalbîym appears in 3 verses.
- Joshua 19:42
And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
- Judges 1:35
But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
- 1 Kings 4:9
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth–shemesh, and Elon–beth–hanan: