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Shaaraim
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary
or A city of Simdon. (1 Chronicles 4:31) Probably the same as formerly belonged to Judah. (Joshua 15:36) From Shahar Shaddai. This is the Hebrew name for Almighty. Sometime, it is joined, with El; as Genesis 17:1, and then rendered God Almighty. But frequently it is alone, as Numbers 24:4; Num 24:16; Job 6:4. Indeed if I mistake not, it is used in the book of Job not less than thirty times. Some derive this word from Shadad, which signifies to destroy; but others render it very differently, to make all sufficient; El Shaddai, of many paps, or breasts to suck at. But perhaps Shaddai means both; for he thus is all sufficient to open thousands of paps to his people, can open as many vials of wrath to pour on his enemies. If the reader would keep both the senses in view; as oft as he meets with El Shaddai, God Almighty, he will find constant paps of consolation to suck for his own comfort, and the comfort of the church in all ages; and as constant consolation for support in the sure destruction of all his, and the church's enemies
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Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Shaaraim'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/pmd/s/shaaraim.html. London. 1828.
