Word Study · Strong's H7643 · Hebrew
שְׂבָם
Sebam
seb-awm'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Sᵉbâm
“Sebam or Sibmah, a place in Moab”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Sebam or Sibmah, a place in Moab
Rendered in the KJV as
Shebam, Shibmah, Sibmah.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- שִׂבְמָ֔ה2
- וּשְׂבָ֥ם1
- וְשִׂבְמָ֔ה1
- שִׂבְמָ֑ה1
- שִׂבְמָ֗ה1
How it is rendered · 3
- Sibmah4
- and Sebam1
- and Sibmah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpl · 4
- HC/Npl · 2
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 32:3וּשְׂבָ֥םusevamconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,here: and Sebam
- Numbers 32:38שִׂבְמָ֑הsivmahproper noun (a name)as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.here: Sibmah
Joshua1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 16:8שִׂבְמָ֗הsivmahproper noun (a name)For the fields of Heshbon have withered, along with the grapevines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have trampled its choicest vines, which had reached as far as Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots had spread out and passed over the sea.here: Sibmah
- Isaiah 16:9שִׂבְמָ֔הsivmahproper noun (a name)So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.here: Sibmah