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title: סְפַרְוַיִם — Sepharvaim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סְפַרְוַיִם (5617), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Sepharvaim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סְפַרְוַיִם

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«סְפַרְוַיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sepharvaim** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 5617 · **BDB:** סְפַרְוַ֫יִם

### Glosses

Sepharvaim (3); of.Sepharvaim (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sepharvaim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5617/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5617/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. city conquered by king of Assyrian;—ס׳ 2 K 17:14; 18:34 = סְפַרְוָ֑יִם Is 36:19, עִיר סְפַרָוָ֑יִם 2 K 19:13 = Is 37:13; סְפַרְוָ֑יִם also 2 K 17:31b Qr (Kt. ספרים); 𝔊 Σεπφαρουαιν, Επφαρουαιμ, etc., 𝔊L Σεπφαρειμ;—usually indentif. with Sippara (on a canal), between Bagdad and Babyl., a city in two parts, Sipp. of Šamaš (mod.Abbu Habba), and Sipp. of Anunitu(m), on opp. side of canal, hence du. ס׳ = the two Sipparas, SchrCOT 2 K 17, 24, cf. Dl Par 209–212 Tiele Gesch. 88; this recently disputed, in view of mention with Hamath and other northern cities (2 K 17:24 and especially 18:34), v. Hal ZA ii. 401 ff. Di Is 36:19 Wkl Alttest. Unters. 101 Benz 2 K 17:24 al., who cp. Šabara’in, city conquered by Šalmanašarid IV (Wkl in SchrKB ii. 276); but this by no means certain.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סְפַרְוַיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5617/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 37:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.37.13/)

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אַיֵּ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ־חֲמָת֙ וּמֶ֣לֶךְ אַרְפָּ֔ד וּמֶ֖לֶךְ לָעִ֣יר סְפַרְוָ֑יִם הֵנַ֖ע וְעִוָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* where? \[is\].the.king of.Hamath and the.king of.Arpad and the.king of.Lair Sepharvaim Hena and Ivvah

*JPS 1917:* Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'

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[2 Kings 19:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.13/)

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אַיּ֤וֹ מֶֽלֶךְ־חֲמָת֙ וּמֶ֣לֶךְ אַרְפָּ֔ד וּמֶ֖לֶךְ לָעִ֣יר סְפַרְוָ֑יִם הֵנַ֖ע וְעִוָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* where.\[is\] he? the.king of.Hamath and the.king of.Arpad and the.king of.Lair Sepharvaim Hena and Ivvah

*JPS 1917:* Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?'

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