H8169 H8169
Shaalabbin, Shaalbim (place name: town in Dan's territory)
Shaalabbin (or Shaalbim) was a town in the original territory of Dan, mentioned in conquest and administrative contexts. The name possibly means 'haunt of foxes' based on cognate roots. Joshua 19:42 includes it in Dan's allotment. Judges 1:35 reports that the Amorites held onto Shaalbim (the Danites failed to fully conquer it), though eventually 'the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed' over them. 1 Kings 4:9 lists it in Solomon's second administrative district. The site's precise location is debated, though it lay somewhere in the Shephelah or hill country west of Jerusalem.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Place name of a Canaanite-Amorite town that came under Israelite control. Joshua 19:42 assigns it to Dan's tribal territory. Judges 1:35 notes that Amorites retained control there despite Danite claims, until Josephite pressure forced them into corvée labor. 1 Kings 4:9 shows it integrated into Solomon's administrative system. The multilingual glosses simply transliterate the name ('Shaalabbin,' 'Saalbín,' 'Shaalbim'), appropriate for a proper noun. The variations in form (Shaalabbin/Shaalbim) reflect standard Hebrew orthographic fluidity. 3×
AR["وَ-بِ-شَعَلْبيمَ", "وَ-شَعَلَبِّينُ", "وَفِي-شَعَلْبِيمَ"]·ben["এবং-শালবীমে", "এবং-শালব্বীন", "ও-শাল্বীমে"]·DE["und-Shaalabbin", "und-in-Shaalbim"]·EN["and-Shaalabbin", "and-in-Shaalbim"]·FR["et-Shaalabbin", "et-dans-Shaalbim"]·heb["ו-ב-שעלבים", "ו-שעלבין"]·HI["और-शाअलबीम-में", "और-शालब्बीन", "और-शाल्बीम-में"]·ID["dan-Saalabin", "dan-di-Saalbim"]·IT["e-Shaalabbin", "e-in-Shaalbim"]·jav["lan-Saalabin", "lan-ing-Saalbim"]·KO["그리고-사알빔에", "그리고-샤알라빈", "그리고-샤알빔과"]·PT["e-Shaalabim", "e-em-Sha'alvim"]·RU["и-Шаалаввин", "и-в-Шаалвиме", "и-в-Шаальвиме"]·ES["y-Saalbín", "y-en-Shaalbim", "y-en-Shaalvim"]·SW["na-Shaalabini", "na-huko-Beth-shemeshi", "na-katika-Shaalbimi"]·TR["ve-de-Şaalvim", "ve-Şaalbim", "ve-Şaalvim'de"]·urd["اور-شعلبیم-میں", "اور-شعلبین", "اور-میں-سعلبیم"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שַׁעַלְבִים n.pr.loc. (perhaps haunt of foxes; Arabic ثَعْلَبٌ, Assyrian šêlibu, fox);—in (orig.) territory of Dan, Ju 1:35 (cf. GFM, on etym. and site), 1 K 4:9, Θαλαβειν, Σαλαβειμ, Ju also αἱ ἀλώπεκες, as doublet, or (A 𝔊L) alone; = שַׁעֲלַבִּין Jos 19:42, Σα(α)λαβειν.