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title: שַׁעַלְבִים — Shaalabbin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁעַלְבִים (8169), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Shaalabbin. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁעַלְבִים

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«שַׁעַלְבִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shaalabbin** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8169 · **BDB:** שַׁעַלְבִים

### Glosses

Shaalbim (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shaalabbin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8169/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8169/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (perhaps haunt of foxes; Arabic ثَعْلَبٌ, Assyrian šêlibu, fox);—in (orig.) territory of Dan, Ju 1:35 (cf. GFM, on etym. and site), 1 K 4:9, Θαλαβειν, Σαλαβειμ, Ju also αἱ ἀλώπεκες, as doublet, or (A 𝔊L) alone; = שַׁעֲלַבִּין Jos 19:42, Σα(α)λαβειν.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁעַלְבִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8169/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 4:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.9/)

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בֶּן־דֶּ֛קֶר בְּמָקַ֥ץ וּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֖ים וּבֵ֣ית שָׁ֑מֶשׁ בֵ֣ית שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְאֵיל֖וֹנ בֵּ֥ית חָנָֽן אֵיל֖וֹנ בֵּ֥ית חָנָֽן אֵיל֖וֹנ בֵּ֥ית חָנָֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* Ben- Deker in Makaz and in Shaalbim and in Beth.Shemesh and Elon Beth Hanan

*JPS 1917:* the son of Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan;

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[Judges 1:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.35/)

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וַיּ֤וֹאֶל הָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ לָשֶׁ֣בֶת בְּהַר־חֶ֔רֶס בְּאַיָּל֖וֹן וּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֑ים וַתִּכְבַּד֙ יַ֣ד בֵּית־יוֹסֵ֔ף וַיִּהְי֖וּ לָמַֽס׃

*Word for word:* and it.was.determined the Amorite\[s\] to dwell in the.mountain of.Heres in Aijalon and in Shaalbim and it.was.heavy the.hand of.the.house of.Joseph and they.became (into).forced labor

*JPS 1917:* But the Amorites were resolved to dwell in Harheres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributary.

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