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Joshua 15:36
“And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שַׁעֲרַיִםShaʻărayim · shah-ar-ah'-yim
H8189 · Hebrew
H8189 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Shaarajim, a place in Palestine
- Derivation
- dual of H8179 (שַׁעַר); double gates;
- KJV renderings
- Shaaraim.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- שַׁעֲרַ֨יִם֙ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Samuel 17:521 Chronicles 4:31
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שַׁעֲרַיִם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.