1. Sepharvaim (city name) — Proper noun designating the Mesopotamian city Sepharvaim (dual form), referenced in Assyrian conquest and resettlement narratives (2 Kgs 17:24, 18:34, 19:13; Isa 36:19, 37:13). All three clusters represent the same geographical referent in various syntactic positions: standalone, with conjunction waw, and a ketiv variant. Multilingual translations uniformly render it as a single toponym: Spanish 'Sefarvaim,' Hindi 'सफरवायिम / सपरवायिम,' Arabic 'سَفَرْوَايِمَ,' Korean '스바르와임 / 스발완임,' Swahili 'Sefarvaimu.' The ketiv reading S121334 is simply an orthographic variant of the same place name. 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"]
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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.…