Shaʻalbîym — H8169

Definition

locative proper noun

Shaalbim or Shaalabbin, a place in Palestine

1. Shaalbim or Shaalabbin = "place of foxes"
2. a town in Dan occupied by the Amorites

Usually translated as

Shaalbim, Shaalabbin

Origin

or Shaʻălabbîyn; plural from H7776; fox-holes

• Derived from Shûwʻâl (H7776)

Occurrences

Shaʻalbîym occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (1), Judges (1), 1 Kings (1)

• Joshua 19:42 — And Shaalabbin (וְשַֽׁעֲלַבִּ֥ין), and Ajalon, and Jethlah,
• Judges 1:35 — But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim (וּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֑ים): yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
• 1 Kings 4:9 — The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim (וּבְשַֽׁעַלְבִ֖ים), and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: