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  2. Shulamite - Wikipedia

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    She is most likely called the Shulammite because she came from an unidentified place called Shulem. Many scholars consider Shulammite to be synonymous with Shunammite (“person from Shunem”). Shunem was a village in the territory of Issachar, north of Jezreel and south of Mount Gilboa.

  3. Shunem - Wikipedia

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    Amarna letter mentioning Shunem. Shunem or Shunaam (Hebrew: שׁוּנֵם Šūnēm; in LXX Ancient Greek: Σουνὰν, romanized: Sounàn) was a small village mentioned in the Bible in the possession of the Tribe of Issachar.

  4. Woman of Shunem - Wikipedia

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    The woman of Shunem (or Shunammite woman) is a character in the Hebrew Bible. 2 Kings 4:8 describes her as a "great woman" ( KJV ) in the town of Shunem . Her name is not recorded in the biblical text.

  5. Shunamitism - Wikipedia

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    Abishag the Shunamite tends to aging David, c. 1435. David and Abishag by Pedro Américo, 1879. Shunamitism (also referred to as gerocomy [1]) is the practice of an old man sleeping with, but not necessarily having sex with, a young virgin to preserve his youth.

  6. Abishag - Wikipedia

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    David and Abishag by Pedro Américo, 1879 Abisag, Bathsheba, Solomon, and Nathan tend to the aging David, c. 1435. In the Hebrew Bible, Abishag (/ ˈ æ b ɪ ʃ æ ɡ /; Hebrew: אבישג Avishag) was a beautiful young woman of Shunem chosen to be a helper and servant to King David in his old age. [1]

  7. Pronunciation - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation is the way in which a word or a language is spoken. This may refer to generally agreed-upon sequences of sounds used in speaking a given word or language in a specific dialect ("correct" or "standard" pronunciation) or simply the way a particular individual speaks a word or language.

  8. Gehazi - Wikipedia

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    Gehazi was the servant of the prophet Elisha.He appears in connection with the history of the Shunammite woman and her son [2] and of Naaman the Syrian. On the latter occasion, Gehazi, overcome with avarice, obtained in the prophet's name two talents of silver and two valuable robes from Naaman.

  9. Phonetic notation of the American Heritage Dictionary

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    The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (abbreviated AHD) uses a phonetic notation based on the Latin alphabet to transcribe the pronunciation of spoken English. It and similar respelling systems, such as those used by the Merriam-Webster and Random House dictionaries, are familiar to US schoolchildren.