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title: שׁוּנֵם — Shunem · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שׁוּנֵם (7766), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Shunem. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שׁוּנֵם

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«שׁוּנֵם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shunem** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7766 · **BDB:** שׁוּנֵם

### Glosses

Shunem (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shunem [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7766/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7766/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in Issachar;—Jos 19:18 (P), 1 S 28:4 2 K 4:8; Σουναν\[μ\], Σωμαν, Σουμαν, 𝔊L Jos Συνημ; in Egyptian Ša-n-m-â, Ša-na-mḁ WMMAs. u. Eur. 170; mod. Sûlem, N. of Zerʿîn (Jezreel), BuhlG. 217, cf. GASmG 400 ff..

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שׁוּנֵם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7766/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 19:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.19.18/)

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וַיְהִ֖י גְּבוּלָ֑ם יִזְרְעֶ֥אלָה וְהַכְּסוּלֹ֖ת וְשׁוּנֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and it.was border their to Jezreel and (the) Kesulloth and Shunem

*JPS 1917:* And their border was Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem;

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[1 Samuel 28:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.28.4/)

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וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ בְשׁוּנֵ֑ם וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ שָׁאוּל֙ אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בַּגִּלְבֹּֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* and they.gathered.together \[the\].Philistines and they.came and they.encamped at Shunem and he.gathered Saul (et) all Israel and they.encamped at (the) Gilboa

*JPS 1917:* And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.

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