Hebrew word · H8189

שַׁעֲרַ֫יִם

sha'arayim

Shaaraim

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

§ Shaaraim = "double gate"

a town in Judah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Joshua · 1

Joshua 15:36 וְשַׁעֲרַ֙יִם֙ and Shaaraim

Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)—fourteen cities, along with their villages.

1 Samuel · 1

1 Samuel 17:52 שַׁעֲרַ֔יִם Shaaraim

Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

1 Chronicles · 1

1 Chronicles 4:31 וּֽבְשַׁעֲרָ֑יִם and in Shaaraim

Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

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