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title: שַׁעֲרַיִם — Shaaraim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁעֲרַיִם (8189), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Shaaraim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁעֲרַיִם

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«שַׁעֲרַיִם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shaaraim** — 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:** 8189 · **BDB:** שַׁעֲרַ֫יִם

### Glosses

Shaaraim (2); of.Shaaraim (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shaaraim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8189/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8189/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. in the Shephelah of Judah (BuhlGeogr. 194) Jos 15:36, Σακαρειμ, 𝔊L Σεβαρειμ; דֶּרֶךְ שׁ׳ 1 S 17:52 (𝔊 τῶν πυλῶν). in the Negeb (Simeon), וּבְשַׁעֲרָ֑יִם 1 Ch 4:31, Σεωρειμ, 𝔊L Σααριμ; = שָׁרוּחֶ֑ן (q.v.) Jos 19:6, and perhaps שִׁלְחִים (in Negeb of Judah) 15:32; BuhlGeogr. 185.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁעֲרַיִם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8189/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 15:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.36/)

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וְשַׁעֲרַ֙יִם֙ וַעֲדִיתַ֔יִם וְהַגְּדֵרָ֖ה וּגְדֵרֹתָ֑יִם עָרִ֥ים אַרְבַּֽע־עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Shaaraim and Adithaim and (the) Gederah and Gederothaim cities four- teen and villages their

*JPS 1917:* and Shaaraim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, with Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages.

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[1 Chronicles 4:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.31/)

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וּבְבֵ֤ית מַרְכָּבוֹת֙ בֵ֤ית מַרְכָּבוֹת֙ וּבַחֲצַ֣ר סוּסִ֔ים חֲצַ֣ר סוּסִ֔ים וּבְבֵ֥ית בִּרְאִ֖י בֵ֥ית בִּרְאִ֖י וּֽבְשַׁעֲרָ֑יִם אֵ֥לֶּה עָרֵיהֶ֖ם עַד־מְלֹ֥ךְ דָּוִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* and in Beth Marcaboth and in Hazar Susim and in Beth Biri and in Shaaraim these cities \[were\].their until reigned David

*JPS 1917:* and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

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