Sibmah

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Sibmah
     coolness; fragrance, a town in Reuben, in the territory of Moab,
     on the east of Jordan (Josh. 13:19); called also Shebam and
     Shibmah (Num. 32:3, 38). It was famous for its vines (Isa. 16:9;
     Jer. 48:32). It has been identified with the ruin of Sumieh,
     where there are rock-cut wine-presses. This fact explains the


     words of the prophets referred to above. It was about 5 miles
     east of Heshbon.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Sibmah, conversion; captivity