1. Sibmah (place name) — The proper noun Sibmah (also spelled Sivmah, Sebam), a Moabite town famous for its vineyards, mentioned in the tribal allotment narratives (Num 32:3, Josh 13:19) and in prophetic oracles against Moab (Isa 16:8-9, Jer 48:32). All three sense clusters are purely grammatical variants: the base form (4x), conjunctive 'and-Sivmah' (1x), and conjunctive 'and-Sebam' (1x). Multilingual evidence uniformly points to a single place: Spanish 'Sibma/Seban,' Arabic 'sibma/sabam,' Hindi 'sibma/sebam,' Korean 'sibeu-ma/sebae,' Swahili 'Sibma/Sebamu.' The spelling variation Sebam (Num 32:3) versus Sibmah (Num 32:38) likely reflects dialectal or scribal variation for the same location. 6×
AR["سِبْمَةَ","وَ-سِبْمةَ","وَسَبَامَ"]·ben["এবং-শিবমাম","এবং-সিব্মা","শিবমাকে","সিবমার","সিব্মার"]·DE["Sibmah","[שבמה]","und-Sebam","und-Sivmah"]·EN["Sibmah","Sivmah","and-Sebam","and-Sivmah"]·FR["Sibmah","[שבמה]","et-Sebam","et-Sivmah"]·heb["ו-שבם","ו-שבמה","שבמה"]·HI["और-सिब्मा","और-सेबाम","सिबमा","सिबमा-की","सिब्माह"]·ID["Sibma","dan-Sebam","dan-Sibma"]·IT["Sibmah","[שבמה]","e-Sebam","e-Sivmah"]·jav["Sibma","lan-Sibma","lan-Sèbam"]·KO["그리고-세배과","그리고-십마를","시바마를","시브마의"]·PT["Sivmah","e-Sevam","e-Sivmah"]·RU["Сивму","Сивмы","и-Севам","и-Сивма"]·ES["Sibma","Sibmá","Sivmah","y-Sebán","y-Sibma"]·SW["Sibma","na-Sebamu","na-Sibma","wa-Sibma"]·TR["Sivma'nin","Sivma'yı","Sivmah'nın","ve-Sevam","ve-Sivma"]·urd["اور-سبام","اور-سبمہ","سبمہ","سِبمہ-کی"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שְׂבָם n.pr.loc. Nu 32:3, שִֽׂבְמָה v 38 Jos 13:19; Is 16:8, 9; Je 48:32; in Moab (Reuben), near Heshbon (cf. also Jerome Is 16:8); Σεβαμα.