שׁוּנֵם
shunem · Shunem
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7766 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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shunem (שׁוּנֵם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Shunem”.
A town of Issachar; the woman who gave lodging to Elisha came from there (2 Kings 4:8).
How to say it
shu·nem
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.
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Where it appears
- Joshua 19:18
And their territory was Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem,
- 1 Samuel 28:4
The Philistines gathered and came and camped at Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel, and they camped at Gilboa.
- 2 Kings 4:8
And it happened one day that Elisha passed over to Shunem, and there was a prominent woman, and she urged him to eat bread. So it happened that whenever he passed by, he would turn aside there to eat bread.