HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8221
שְׁפָם
she.pham — Shepham
§ Shepham = "bald" a place or region in northeastern Canaan on the eastern border
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Shepham
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8225
שִׁפְמִי
shiph.mi — Shiphmite
Someone descended from Shiphm(?), only mentioned at 1Ch.27.27 § Shiphmite, of Siphmoth "fruitful" an inhabitant of Shepham or Siphmoth
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A treeless place, Num. 34:10, 11: “The coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah.”
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.