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[some Shahazi'mah] (Heb. Shachatsi'mah, ùִׁçֲöַéîָä [so the marg., but the text has Shachatzu'mah, ùִׁçֲöåּîָä , towards the heights [for the word is plur. with the ä local added]; Sept. Óáëåὶì êáôὰ èÜëáóóáí [taking the last syllable for éִîָּä , to the sea], v.r. ÓáóéìÜ ; Vulg. Seesima), a place in the tribe of Issachar, between Mount Tabor and the Jordan (Jos_19:22). A trace of the name may yet remain in the village of Sirin, north of Wady Sherar, near where it joins Wady Bireh, southeast of Tabor.