HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7978
שִׁלְחִים
shil.chim — Shilhim
Shilhim = "fountains" a city in the southern portion of Judah Another name of sha.ru.chen (שָׁרוּחֶ֑ן "Sharuhen" H8287)
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Shilhim
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Aqueducts, a town in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:32); called also Sharuhen and Shaaraim (19:6).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.