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shē´fam (ש×פ×, shephaÌ„m; ΣεπφαÌμαÏ, SepphaÌmar): A place, probably a hill town, on the ideal eastern boundary of Israel, named in , but omitted in -18. It lay between Hazar-enan and Harbel (Massoretic Text: “Hariblahâ€), which must have been in the neighborhood of Hermon. The word means a “naked†place, and doubtless indicates one of the barer midway ridges of Anti-Lebanon. It was probably the native place of Zabdi the Shiphmite, who was David's chief vine-gardener ().