Lexical Definition

‎שַׁעֲרַיִם‎ Shaʻărayim (shah-ar-ah'-yim) Shaaraim ^N:N--L
dual of ‎שַׁעַר‎; double gates

Shaaraim.

• § Shaaraim = "double gate"
• Shaarajim, a place in Palestine

1) a town in Judah
2) a town in Simeon

Extended Information

name of: שָׁרוּחֶן

• Shaaraim = "double gate"
• a town in Simeon
• Another name of sha.ru.chen (‎ש‎ָׁ‎רו‎ּ‎ח‎ֶ֑‎ן‎ "Sharuhen" שָׁרוּחֶן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שַׁעֲרַ֫יִם‎ proper name, of a location 1 in the Shephelah of Judah (Buhl^{Geogr. 194}) Josh 15:36, Σακαρειμ, ᵐ5^L Σεβαρειμ; ‎׳‎‎דֶּרֶךְ שׁ‎ 1Sam 17:52 (ᵐ5 τῶν πυλῶν).

2. in the Negeb (Simeon), ‎וּבְשַׁעֲרָ֑יִוֺ‎ 1Chr 4:31, Σεωρειμ, ᵐ5^L Σααριμ; = ‎שָׁרוּחֶ֑ן‎ (q. v.) Josh 19:6, and perhaps ‎שִׁלְחִיוֺ‎ (in Negeb of Judah) Josh 15:32 Buhl^{Geogr. m. 185}.

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