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śᵊvām שְׂבָם ‘Sebam’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: probably from bōśem בֹּ֫שֶׂם ‘spice’
Roots: בשׂם

śᵊvām pr n loc
Shebam or Shibmah or Sibmah = "fragrance"
1) one of the towns in the pastoral district on the east of the Jordan in Moab; allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad

Mentioned in Numbers 32:3, 32:38 Joshua 13:19 Isaiah 16:9, 16:8 Jeremiah 48:32

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