Shaalabbin — the meaning of the Hebrew name שַׁעַלְבִים

שַׁעַלְבִים

Shaʻalbîym · pronounced shah-al-beem' · Strong's H8169 · a place · also spelled Shaalbim

Shaalabbin means fox-holes.

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שׁוּעָל shûwʻâl (plural from, H7776) — a jackal (as a burrower) open in the lexicon ›

or שַׁעֲלַבִּין; plural from H7776; fox-holes; Shaalbim or Shaalabbin, a place in Palestine.

Josh 19:42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, (KJV)

3 occurrences in 3 verses — Joshua, Judges, 1 Kings

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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