שְׂבָם
se.vam
Sebam
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Analysis of Sebam (H7643G) Based on the lexical data provided, Sebam appears as an extremely rare term in biblical Hebrew, attested only a single time in the entire biblical corpus. The transliteration "se.vam" and the classification as a proper noun suggest this is a place name rather than a common word with semantic range or varied usage patterns. The single occurrence of Sebam in the Bible severely limits what can be determined about its meaning or significance. With only one textual attestation, there is no internal biblical context to establish whether the term had broader figurative meanings, whether it was used in different grammatical forms, or how it functioned within Hebrew discourse. The data provided contains no definition beyond the transliterated name itself, leaving the word's etymology and precise referent unclear from this lexicon entry alone. For a general biblical audience, Sebam remains an obscure geographical reference—one of many place names scattered throughout biblical texts that appear rarely or uniquely. Its singular occurrence makes it impossible to assess its theological or historical importance beyond its role as a geographical marker at its one point of mention in scripture.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text