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title: שְׁפָם — Shepham · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁפָם (8221), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Shepham. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁפָם

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«שְׁפָם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shepham** — 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:** 8221 · **BDB:** שְׁפָם

### Glosses

Shepham (1); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shepham [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8221/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8221/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. on E. border of Israel; שׁ׳ Nu 34:10, שְׁפָ֫מָה v 11; 𝔊 Σεπφαμαρ; site unknown.

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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 (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁפָם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8221/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 34:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.34.10/)

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וְהִתְאַוִּיתֶ֥ם לָכֶ֖ם לִגְב֣וּל קֵ֑דְמָה מֵחֲצַ֥ר עֵינָ֖ן חֲצַ֥ר עֵינָ֖ן שְׁפָֽמָה׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.crave for yourselves for.\[the\] border of eastward from Hazar Enan to Shepham

*JPS 1917:* And ye shall mark out your line for the east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham;

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[Numbers 34:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.34.11/)

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וְיָרַ֨ד הַגְּבֻ֧ל מִשְּׁפָ֛ם הָרִבְלָ֖ה מִקֶּ֣דֶם לָעָ֑יִן וְיָרַ֣ד הַגְּב֔וּל וּמָחָ֛ה עַל־כֶּ֥תֶף יָם־כִּנֶּ֖רֶת קֵֽדְמָה׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.go.down the border from Shepham (the) Riblah from.\[the\] east of Ain and it.will.go.down the border and it.will.reach to the.slope of.the.sea of.Kinnereth eastward

*JPS 1917:* and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall strike upon the slope of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

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