Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H7708 |
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| Word: | שִׂדִּים |
| Part of Speech: | Name/l. |
| Etymology: | plural from the same as H7704 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | Siddiym |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | sid-deem' |
| Meaning: | 1. flats 2. Siddim, a valley in Israel |
| KJV Renderings: | Siddim. |
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שִׂדִּים noun [masculine] plural in proper name [of a location] ׳ עֵ֫מֶק הַשּׂ vale of Siddim Gen 14:3 (identification with Dead Sea), Gen 14:8 Gen 14:10 (= vale of furrows ? or (Di after Onk Samaritan of fields (= הַשָּׂדִים); ᵐ5 ἡ κοιλὰς [φαραγξ] ἡ ἁλυκή; RenanHist. Israel i. 116; Eng. Tr. i. 98 WeIsrael u. Jüd. Geschichte. (3) 101 proposes הַשֵּׁדִים ׳ ע demon-valley).
