H5617 H5617
Sepharvaim; a Mesopotamian city conquered by Assyria, whose people were resettled in Samaria after the northern exile.
A proper noun in dual form designating the Mesopotamian city Sepharvaim, traditionally identified with the twin city of Sippar on the Euphrates between Baghdad and Babylon. It appears in two historical contexts: the Assyrian resettlement of foreign peoples into Samaria (2 Kgs 17:24,31), and the boasts of Assyrian envoys challenging Jerusalem's trust in God (2 Kgs 18:34; 19:13; Isa 36:19; 37:13). The dual ending may reflect the city's two halves -- Sippar of Shamash and Sippar of Anunitu -- on opposite sides of a canal.
Senses
1. Sepharvaim (city name) — The proper name of a Mesopotamian city conquered by the Assyrian empire, appearing in dual form (Sepharvaim) possibly reflecting its two quarters: Sippar of Shamash and Sippar of Anunitu, situated on opposite sides of a canal near modern Abu Habba, Iraq. In 2 Kgs 17:24,31, its inhabitants were deported to Samaria after the fall of the northern kingdom, bringing their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech. In 2 Kgs 18:34 and Isa 36:19, the Rabshakeh cites its conquest as proof that no god can withstand Assyria, making it a test case for the theological question of divine power versus imperial might. 7×
AR["(سَفَرْوَايِمَ)", "[سَفَرْوَايِمَ]", "سَفَرْوَايِمَ", "وَسَفَرْوَايِمَ"]·ben["(সফর্বয়িমের)", "[সফর্বীয়দের]", "এবং-সফর্বয়িম-থেকে", "সফর্বয়িমের", "সফর্বয়ীমের"]·DE["Sepharvaim", "[Sepharim]", "[ספרוים]", "und-Sepharvaim"]·EN["(Sepharvaim)", "Sepharvaim", "[Sepharim]", "and-Sepharvaim", "of-Sepharvaim"]·FR["(Sepharvaim)", "Sepharvaim", "[Sepharim]", "[ספרוים]", "et-Sepharvaim"]·heb["[ספרים]", "ו-ספרווים", "ספרוויים", "ספרווים", "ספרוים"]·HI["(सफरवायिम)", "[सफरिम]", "और-सफरवायिम", "सपरवायिम-का", "सपरवायिम-के", "सफरवायिम"]·ID["Sefarwaim", "[Sefarwaim]", "dan-Sefarwaim"]·IT["(Sepharvaim)", "Sepharvaim", "[Sepharim]", "[ספרוים]", "e-Sepharvaim"]·jav["(Séfarwaim)", "Sefarwaim", "Séfarwaim", "[Séfarwaim]", "lan-Séfarwaim"]·KO["(스발와임의)", "[스발와임]", "그리고-스발와임에서", "스바르와임의", "스발완임", "스발완임과"]·PT["(Sefarvaim)", "Sefarvaim", "Sefarvayim", "Sefarwayim", "[Sefarim]", "e-Sefarvaim"]·RU["Сефарваима", "Сфарваима", "и-Сфарваима"]·ES["Sefarvaim", "[K]", "de-Sefarvaim", "de-Sefarvaim?", "y-de-Sefarvaim"]·SW["(Sefarvaimu)", "[k]", "na-Sefarvaimu", "wa-Sefarvaimu", "ya-Sefarvaimu"]·TR["Sefarvaim'in", "Sefarvayim'in", "[Sefarvayim]", "ve-Sefarvayim'den"]·urd["اور-سفرواِم", "سفرواِم", "سفرویم", "سفرویم-کے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† סְפַרְוַ֫יִם n.pr.loc. city conquered by king of Assyrian;—ס׳ 2 K 17:14; 18:34 = סְפַרְוָ֑יִם Is 36:19, עִיר סְפַרָוָ֑יִם 2 K 19:13 = Is 37:13; סְפַרְוָ֑יִם also 2 K 17:31b Qr (Kt. ספרים); 𝔊 Σεπφαρουαιν, Επφαρουαιμ, etc., 𝔊L Σεπφαρειμ;—usually indentif. with Sippara (on a canal), between Bagdad and Babyl., a city in two parts, Sipp. of Šamaš (mod.Abbu Habba), and Sipp. of Anunitu(m), on opp.…