H8189 H8189
Shaaraim (place name: 'double gates,' two locations in Judah/Simeon)
Shaaraim means 'two gates' or 'double gates,' designating two distinct towns in southern Israel. The first appears in the Shephelah of Judah (Joshua 15:36) and along the route of the Philistine flight after David killed Goliath (1 Samuel 17:52, where the Septuagint translates it as 'the gates'). The second belonged to Simeon in the Negeb (1 Chronicles 4:31), apparently the same as Sharuhen (Joshua 19:6) and possibly Shilhim (Joshua 15:32). The name likely reflects an actual architectural feature—towns with double gate systems. The dual attestation creates geographical ambiguity that must be resolved by context.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Place name meaning 'double gates' for two southern towns. Joshua 15:36 lists it among Judahite Shephelah settlements. 1 Samuel 17:52 identifies the road the Philistines fled along after Goliath's death as 'the way to Shaaraim' (literally 'to the gates'). 1 Chronicles 4:31 places it in Simeonite territory in the Negeb. The multilingual glosses simply transliterate ('Shaaraim,' 'Saaraim'), appropriate for proper nouns. The name's meaning ('gates') occasionally shows through in Greek translation as 'the gates.' 3×
AR["شَعَرَايِم", "وَ-شَعَرايِمُ", "وَ-في-شَعرايِم"]·ben["এবং-শায়রযীম", "ও-শায়রায়িমে", "শাারায়িমের"]·DE["Shaarayim", "[ובשערים]", "und-Shaarayim"]·EN["Shaarayim", "and-Shaarayim", "and-in-Sha'arayim"]·FR["Shaarayim", "[ובשערים]", "et-Shaarayim"]·heb["ו-ב-שערים", "ו-שערים", "שערים"]·HI["और-शारईम", "और-शारईम-में", "शअर-इम-के"]·ID["Syaaraim", "dan-Saaraim", "dan-di-Syaaraim"]·IT["Shaarayim", "[ובשערים]", "e-Shaarayim"]·jav["Saaraim", "lan-Syaarayim", "lan-ing-Saaraim"]·KO["그-와-에-샤라임", "그리고-샤아라임", "사아라임"]·PT["Sha'arayim", "e-Shaarayim", "e-em-Sha'arayim"]·RU["И-Шаараим", "Шаараима", "и-в-Шаараиме"]·ES["Shaaraim", "y-Saaraim", "y-en-Saarayim"]·SW["Shaaraimu", "na-Shaaraimu", "na-huko-Shaaraimu"]·TR["ve-Şaarayim", "ve-Şaarayim'de", "Şaarayim-in"]·urd["اور-شعرائم", "اور-میں-شعریم", "شعریم-کے"]
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
† שַׁעֲרַ֫יִם n.pr.loc. 1. in the Shephelah of Judah (BuhlGeogr. 194) Jos 15:36, Σακαρειμ, 𝔊L Σεβαρειμ; דֶּרֶךְ שׁ׳ 1 S 17:52 (𝔊 τῶν πυλῶν). 2. in the Negeb (Simeon), וּבְשַׁעֲרָ֑יִם 1 Ch 4:31, Σεωρειμ, 𝔊L Σααριμ; = שָׁרוּחֶ֑ן (q.v.) Jos 19:6, and perhaps שִׁלְחִים (in Negeb of Judah) 15:32; BuhlGeogr. 185.