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SEBAM.—A place in the east-Jordan territory of Reuben (Num_32:3). In all the other passages (Num_32:38, Jos_13:11, Isa_16:8-9, Jer_48:32) the name appears in the fem, form Sibmah. The ‘vine of Sibmah’ is mentioned by Isaiah and Jeremiah as one of the possessions of Moab on which destruction was to fall. The place has been located near Heshbon.
H. L. Willett.