Strong H7643H7643Hשְׂבָם

Sibmah

Transliteration: ώebâm ώibmâh
Pronunciation: {seb-awm'} sib-maw'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

Sibmah was a Moabite town known for its vineyards, allotted to the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:38; Josh. 13:19) and later mentioned in prophecies concerning Moab (Isa. 16:8-9; Jer. 48:32).

Meaning of the name

Shebam or Shibmah or Sibmah = "fragrance"

General definition

Probably from H1313; spice;
Sebam or {Sibmah} a place in Moab: - {Shebam} {Shibmah} Sibmah.

In the biblical story

Sibmah

Moabite town known for its vineyards

Sibmah was a Moabite town known for its vineyards, allotted to the tribe of Reuben (Num. 32:38; Josh. 13:19) and later mentioned in prophecies concerning Moab (Isa. 16:8-9; Jer. 48:32).

In the Bible

Strong H7643H appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

sibmah4
shibmah1

First verses

Numbers 32:38
And Nebo, and Baal–meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
Joshua 13:19
And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zareth–shahar in the mount of the valley,
Isaiah 16:8
For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
Isaiah 16:9
Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
Jeremiah 48:32
O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.