שַׁעֲרַיִםShaʻărayim

Shaarajim, a place in Palestine

Pronunciation: shah-ar-ah'-yim · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8189

Meanings

1. in the Shephelah of Judah (Joshua 15:36; 1 Samuel 17:52)

2. in the Negeb (Simeon) (1 Chronicles 4:31; Joshua 19:6; Joshua 15:32)

Same root

שַׁעַרshaʻar · H8179an opening, i.e. door or gate

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

Joshua 15:36 Shaaraim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim—fourteen towns with their surrounding villages.
1 Samuel 17:52 Then the men of Israel and Judah gave a great shout of triumph and rushed after the Philistines, chasing them as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron. The bodies of the dead and wounded Philistines were strewn all along the road from Shaaraim, as far as Gath and Ekron.
1 Chronicles 4:31 Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These towns were under their control until the time of King David.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).