A town in the land E. of Jordan, assigned to Reuben and Gad (Nu 32:3). The same as Shibmah or Sibmah.
Shebam'
See SIBMAH.
She'bam
(fragrance), one of the towns in the pastoral district on the east of Jordan; demanded by and finally ceded to the tribes of Reuben and Gad.
It is probably the same as SHIBMAH,
See Shibmah
and SIBMAH.
See Sibmah
and Nebo and Baal-meon--their names being changed--and Sibmah, and they gave other names to the cities which they built.
But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maacathites; for Geshur and Maacath live among Israel until this day.
For the fields of Heshbon have withered, the vines of Sibmah as well; The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts; Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea. Therefore I will weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah; I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; For the shouting over your summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away.
"More than the weeping for Jazer I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah! Your tendrils stretched across the sea, They reached to the sea of Jazer; Upon your summer fruits and your grape harvest The destroyer has fallen.
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