Shaaraim — the meaning of the Hebrew name שַׁעֲרַיִם

שַׁעֲרַיִם

Shaʻărayim · pronounced shah-ar-ah'-yim · Strong's H8189 · a place

Shaaraim means double gates.

Built from

שַׁעַר shaʻar (dual of, H8179) — an opening, i.e. door or gate open in the lexicon ›

dual of H8179; double gates; Shaarajim, a place in Palestine.

Josh 15:36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: (KJV)

3 occurrences in 3 verses — Joshua, 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles

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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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