Bible Location

Sibmah

Meaning: conversion; captivity · 5 cross references · Modern-day map available

Sibmah was a town east of the Jordan near Heshbon, noted for its vineyards. It is important because it appears in Reuben's territory and later becomes part of the prophetic laments over Moab's devastated fertility. First appears in Num 32:38.1

Place meaning

conversion; captivity

Coordinates

31.82, 35.77

First appears

Num 32:38

AI summary: Sibmah is remembered less for armies than for vines, produce, and the sorrow of their loss. Territorial texts place it within the settled transjordanian landscape, but Isaiah and Jeremiah make its vineyards symbolic of a broader regional collapse in Moab. That agricultural emphasis gives Sibmah a distinctive tone among biblical place names. The cross references present Sibmah as a vine-rich plateau town whose abundance and ruin became part of prophetic lament.1

Place meaning

conversion; captivity

Latitude

31.82

Longitude

35.77

Bible references

5