שְׂבָם
Sᵉbâm · seb-awm'
Sebam or Sibmah, a place in Moab
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) שִׂבְמָה; probably from H1313 (בָּשָׂם); spice;
Sebam or Sibmah, a place in Moab
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Shebam, Shibmah, Sibmah.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׂבָם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of sibmah3 · 50%
- and shebam1 · 17%
- and shibmah1 · 17%
- and sibmah1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.