BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7643
se.vam — Sebam
§ Shebam or Shibmah or Sibmah = "fragrance" one of the towns in the pastoral district on the east of the Jordan in Moab; allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Fragrance, a town of Reuben, east of Jordan (Num. 32:38).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
