Reference: Shebarim

breaks; ruins, a place near Ai (Jos 7:5; R.V. marg., "the quarries").

Jos 7:5. From sheber "a fracture," stone quarries near the slope E. of the town (Keil), or else a spot where were fissures in the soil, gradually deepening until they ended in a precipice to the ravine by which Israel had come from Gilgal, "the going down" margin, Hebrew Ha-Morad.

A place mentioned (Jos 7:5) in the description of the pursuit of the Israelites by the men of Ai. Revised Version margin gives 'the quarries,' but the text is probably corrupt.

Sheba'rim

Place to which the men of Ai chased the Israelites. Jos 7:5.

Sheb'arim

(the breaches), a place named in

Jos 7:5

only, as one of the points in the flight from Ai.