HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7671
שְׁבָרִים
she.va.rim — Shebarim
§ Shebarim = "the breaches" one of the points in the flight from Ai
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Shebarim
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Breaks; ruins, a place near Ai (Josh. 7:5; R.V. marg., “the quarries”).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.