sevam · Sebam, Sibmah

What it means

sevam (שְׂבָם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Sebam, Sibmah”.

Sebam or Sibmah, a city east of the Jordan, in the land of Moab.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Sibmah ×5
• Sebam ×1

Where it appears

• Numbers×2
• Joshua×1
• Isaiah×2
• Jeremiah×1

• Numbers 32:3

  “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

• Numbers 32:38

  Nebo, and Baal-meon —their names changed— and Sibmah; and they gave names to the cities that they built.

• Joshua 13:19

  and Kiriathaim, Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley,

• Isaiah 16:8

  For the fields of Heshbon languish, the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have struck down its choice branches; as far as Jazer they reached, they wandered into the wilderness; its shoots spread out, they crossed over the sea.

• Isaiah 16:9

  Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will drench you with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh; for on your summer fruit and on your harvest the shout has fallen.

• Jeremiah 48:32

  More than the weeping of Jazer I will weep for you, vine of Sibmah! Your shoots crossed over the sea, to the sea of Jazer they reached; upon your summer fruit and upon your vintage the devastator has fallen.