Lexical Summary Shaarayim: two cities in Isr Original Word: שַׁעֲרַיִםTransliteration: Shaarayim Phonetic Spelling: (shah-ar-ah'-yim) Part of Speech: Proper Name Location Short Definition: two cities in Isr Meaning: Shaaraim -- two cities in Israel Strong's Concordance Shaaraim Dual of sha'ar; double gates; Shaarajim, a place in Palestine -- Shaaraim. see HEBREW sha'ar Brown-Driver-Briggs H8189. Shaarayim שַׁעֲרַ֫יִם proper name, of a location 1 in the Shephelah of Judah (BuhlGeogr. 194) Joshua 15:36, Σακαρειμ, ᵐ5L Σεβαρειμ; שׁ ׳דֶּרֶךְ 1 Samuel 17:52 (ᵐ5 τῶν πυλῶν). 2 in the Negeb (Simeon), וּבְשַׁעֲרָ֑יִוֺ 1 Chronicles 4:31, Σεωρειμ, ᵐ5L Σααριμ; = שָׁרוּחֶ֑ן (q. v.) Joshua 19:6, and perhaps שִׁלְחִיוֺ (in Negeb of Judah) 15:32; BuhlGeogr. m. 185. |