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shaÌ„-ha-rā´im (ש×חרי×, shahÌ£ărayim; Codex Vaticanus ΣααÏηÌλ, SaareÌ„Ìl; Codex Alexandrinus ΣααÏηÌμ, SaareÌ„Ìm): A Benjamite name (). The passage is corrupt beyond only the most tentative emendation. “Sharaim†has no connection with the foregoing text. One of the suggested restorations of , reads: “And Shaharaim begat in the field of Moab, after he had driven them (i.e. the Moabites) out, from Hodesh his wife, Jobab,†etc. (Curtis, International Critical Commentary).