Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5617 - סְפַרְוַיִם Sepharvayim or Sepharim (a city conquered by the king of Assyr)

Original Word:	סְפַרְוַיִם
Transliteration:	Sepharvayim or Sepharim
Definition:	a city conquered by the king of Assyr
Part of Speech:	Proper Name Location
Phonetic Spelling:	(sef-ar-vah'-yim)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

dual

(dual)

Englishman's Concordance

Sepharvaim=“the two Sipparas”
1) a city in Syria conquered by the king of Assyria
1a) perhaps near the modern ‘Mosaib’ and on the Euphrates above Babylon
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: of foreign derivation

Brown-Driver-Briggs

סְפַרְוַ֫יִםproper name, of a locationcity conquered by king of Assyria; — ׳ס2 Kings 17:14; 2 Kings 18:34=סְפַוָ֑יִםIsaiah 36:19, עִיר סְפַרְוָ֑יִם2 Kings 19:13=Isaiah 37:13; סְפַרְוָ֑יִם also 2 Kings 17:31b Qr (Kt. ספרים); ᵐ5Σεπφαρουαιν, Επφαρουαιμ, etc., ᵐ5^LΣεπφαρειμ; — 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 Schr^{COT 2 Kings 17:24}, compare Dl^{Par 209-212} Tiele^{Geschichte. 88}; this recently disputed, in view of mention with Hamath and other northern cities (2Kings 17:24 and especially 2 Kings 18:34), see Hal^{ZA ii. 401 ff.} Di^{Isaiah 36:19} Wkl^{Alttest, Unters. 101} Benz^{2Kings 17:24} and others, who compare Šabara'in city conquered by Šalmanašarid IV (Wkl in Schr^{KB ii. 276}); but this by no means certain.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5617. Sepharvayim or Sepharim — 6 Occurrences

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

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