שַׁעַלְבִים
Shaʻalbîym · shah-al-beem'
Shaalbim or Shaalabbin, a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: or שַׁעֲלַבִּין; plural from H7776 (שׁוּעָל); fox-holes;
Shaalbim or Shaalabbin, a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Shaalabbin, Shaalbim.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 › to see and know › authority, the one who leads › the house, what is within › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To consume, to destroy that works to see and know of authority, the one who leads of the house, what is within of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שַׁעַלְבִים 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and in shaalbim2 · 67%
- and shaalabbin1 · 33%
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.