Bible Location

Shaaraim

Meaning: gates; valuation; hairs · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available

This Shaaraim entry refers to the Simeonite town in Chronicles, distinct from the lowland Judahite Shaaraim already covered elsewhere. It is important because the same name appears in separate southern traditions. First appears in 1 Chr 4:31.1

Place meaning

gates; valuation; hairs

Coordinates

31.28, 34.48

First appears

1 Chr 4:31

AI summary: Shaaraim matters here as part of Simeon's inherited southern geography rather than the battlefield-linked Shephelah tradition. The place belongs to the layered naming memory of the south.1

Place meaning

gates; valuation; hairs

Latitude

31.28

Longitude

34.48

Bible references

1