Bible Dictionary
Shepham
Shepham was a place on the eastern boundary of the land promised to Israel, between Hazar-enan and Riblah. The site is uncertain and may have been a bare hill region near Hermon.
Definition
Shepham was a place on the eastern boundary of the land promised to Israel, between Hazar-enan and Riblah or Harbel.
Biblical Usage
Shepham is named in the description of Israel’s ideal eastern boundary.
Historical Background
The name is understood as referring to a bare or naked place, probably a hill town or one of the barer ridges of Anti-Lebanon near Hermon. It may have been the native place of Zabdi the Shiphmite.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A treeless place, Num. 34:10, 11: “The coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah.”
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(fruitful), a place on the eastern boundary of the promised land. (Numbers 34:10,11)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>she'-fam (shepham; Sepphamar): A place, probably a hill town, on the ideal eastern boundary of Israel, named in Nu 34:10, but omitted in Eze 47:15-18. It lay between Hazar-enan and Harbel (Massoretic Text: "Hariblah"), 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 (1Ch 27:27).</p>