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Sepharvayim or Sepharim: Sepharvaim

Original Word: סְפַרְוַיִם
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Transliteration: Cpharvayim
Pronunciation: seh-far-vah-yeem
Phonetic Spelling: (sef-ar-vah'-yim)
KJV: Sepharvaim
NASB: Sepharvaim, Sephar-vaim
Word Origin: [of foreign derivation]

1. a place in Assyria

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
dual

(dual)

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of foreign origin
Definition
a city conquered by the king of Assyr.
NASB Translation
Sephar-vaim (1), Sepharvaim (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
סְפַרְוַ֫יִם proper name, of a location city conquered by king of Assyria; — ׳ס 2 Kings 17:14; 2 Kings 18:34 = סְפַוָ֑יִם Isaiah 36:19, עִיר סְפַרְוָ֑יִם 2 Kings 19:13 = Isaiah 37:13; סְפַרְוָ֑יִם also 2 Kings 17:31b Qr (Kt. ספרים); ᵐ5 Σεπφαρουαιν, Επφαρουαιμ, etc., ᵐ5L Σεπφαρειμ; — usually identification with Sippara (on a canal), between Bagdad and Babylon, a city in two parts, Sipp. of Samaš (modern Abbu Habba), and Sipp. of Anunitu(m) on opposed to side of canal, hence dual ׳ס = the two Sipparas SchrCOT 2 Kings 17:24, compare DlPar 209-212 TieleGeschichte. 88; this recently disputed, in view of mention with Hamath and other northern cities (2Kings 17:24 and especially 2 Kings 18:34), see HalZA ii. 401 ff. DiIsaiah 36:19 WklAlttest, Unters. 101 Benz2Kings 17:24 and others, who compare Šabara'in city conquered by Šalmanašarid IV (Wkl in SchrKB ii. 276); but this by no means certain.

Forms and Transliterations
וּסְפַרְוַ֔יִם וספרוים סְפַרְוַ֖יִם סְפַרְוָ֑יִם סְפַרְוָֽיִם׃ ספרוים ספרוים׃ sə·p̄ar·wa·yim sə·p̄ar·wā·yim sefarVayim səp̄arwayim səp̄arwāyim ū·sə·p̄ar·wa·yim usefarVayim ūsəp̄arwayim
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Kings 17:24
HEB: וּמֵעַוָּ֤א וּמֵֽחֲמָת֙ וּסְפַרְוַ֔יִם וַיֹּ֙שֶׁב֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י
NAS: and from Hamath and Sephar-vaim, and settled
KJV: and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed
INT: Avva Hamath and Sephar-vaim and settled the cities

2 Kings 17:31
HEB: [סְפַרִים כ] (סְפַרְוָֽיִם׃ ק)
NAS: and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim.
KJV: the gods of Sepharvaim.
INT: and Anammelech God dual

2 Kings 18:34
HEB: אַיֵּ֛ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י סְפַרְוַ֖יִם הֵנַ֣ע וְעִוָּ֑ה
NAS: are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena
KJV: where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena,
INT: Where are the gods of Sepharvaim Hena Ava

2 Kings 19:13
HEB: וּמֶ֖לֶךְ לָעִ֣יר סְפַרְוָ֑יִם הֵנַ֖ע וְעִוָּֽה׃
NAS: of the city of Sepharvaim, and [of] Hena
KJV: of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena,
INT: the king of the city of Sepharvaim and Hena Ava

Isaiah 36:19
HEB: אַיֵּ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י סְפַרְוָ֑יִם וְכִֽי־ הִצִּ֥ילוּ
NAS: are the gods of Sepharvaim? And when
KJV: where [are] the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered
INT: Where are the gods dual for delivered

Isaiah 37:13
HEB: וּמֶ֖לֶךְ לָעִ֣יר סְפַרְוָ֑יִם הֵנַ֖ע וְעִוָּֽה׃
NAS: of the city of Sepharvaim, [and of] Hena
KJV: of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena,
INT: the king of the city of Sepharvaim Hena Ava

6 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5617
6 Occurrences


sə·p̄ar·wā·yim — 5 Occ.
ū·sə·p̄ar·wa·yim — 1 Occ.

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