se.vam is a place name, listed among cities and associated with fields and a vine in prophetic lament.

The term is used as a proper place name: it occurs in lists of cities in Numbers 32:3, Numbers 32:38, and Joshua 13:19, while Isaiah 16:8, Isaiah 16:9, and Jeremiah 48:32 associate it with a vine, fields, fruit, harvest, and mourning.

1. A named place associated with a vine and cities · dominant

   The form is marked as a proper noun in every occurrence. In Numbers 32:3 and Joshua 13:19, the APB renders it within lists of named places; in Numbers 32:38 it is named among cities that were built and given names. In Isaiah 16:8, Isaiah 16:9, and Jeremiah 48:32, the APB renders clauses concerning “the vine of Sebam,” linking the named place with fields, branches, summer fruit, harvest, and weeping.

   Isaiah 16:8Isaiah 16:9Jeremiah 48:32Joshua 13:19Numbers 32:3Numbers 32:38

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across all six verses, the APB presents the proper name as “Sebam.” In the city lists it stands beside other place names, while the prophetic verses render it in the phrase “the vine of Sebam”.