BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8169
sha.al.vim — Shaalbim
Shaalbim or Shaalabbin = "place of foxes" a town in Dan occupied by the Amorites Also named: sha.al.vo.ni (שַׁעַלְבֹנִי "Shaalbonite" H8170)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8170
sha.al.vo.ni — Shaalbonite
Group of sha.al.vim (שַׁעַלְבִים "Shaalbim" H8169) § Shaalbonite, of Shaalbim "place of foxes" an inhabitant of Shaalbim or Shaalabbin
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Or Shaal’bim, a place of foxes, a town of the tribe of Dan (Josh. 19:42; Judg. 1:35). It was one of the chief towns from which Solomon drew his supplies (1 Kings 4:9). It is probably the modern village of Selbit, 3 miles north of Ajalon.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
