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# שַׁעֲרַיִם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8189

**Shaaraim** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Shaaraim [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8189/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שַׁעֲרַ֫יִם: n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8189/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in the Shephelah of Judah (BuhlGeogr. 194) Jos 15:36, Σακαρειμ, 𝔊L Σεβαρειμ; דֶּרֶךְ שׁ׳ 1 S 17:52 (𝔊 τῶν πυλῶν). in the Negeb (Simeon), וּבְשַׁעֲרָ֑יִם 1 Ch 4:31, Σεωρειμ, 𝔊L Σααριμ; = שָׁרוּחֶ֑ן (q.v.) Jos 19:6, and perhaps שִׁלְחִים (in Negeb of Judah) 15:32; BuhlGeogr. 185.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Shaaraim (2); of Shaaraim (1).

## In the verses

[Joshua 15:36](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.36/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.36/#tree)

וְשַׁעֲרַ֙יִם֙ וַעֲדִיתַ֔יִם וְהַגְּדֵרָ֖ה וּגְדֵרֹתָ֑יִם עָרִ֥ים אַרְבַּֽע־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Shaaraim and Adithaim and (the) Gederah and Gederothaim cities four- teen and villages their

*JPS 1917:* and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, with Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.

[1 Chronicles 4:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.31/#tree)

וּבְבֵ֤ית מַרְכָּבוֹת֙ בֵ֤ית מַרְכָּבוֹת֙ וּבַחֲצַ֣ר סוּסִ֔ים חֲצַ֣ר סוּסִ֔ים וּבְבֵ֥ית בִּרְאִ֖י בֵ֥ית בִּרְאִ֖י וּֽבְשַׁעֲרָ֑יִם אֵ֥לֶּה עָרֵיהֶ֖ם עַד־מְלֹ֥ךְ דָּוִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* and in Beth Marcaboth and in Hazar Susim and in Beth Biri and in Shaaraim these cities \[were\].their until reigned David

*JPS 1917:* and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8189/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).