Ezem

{{Short description|Unidentified site in the Negev of Judah}}

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Ezem ({{langx|he|עצם}}, vars. ‛Atsem, 'Asam, Azem, 'Osem or Otzem, meaning strength, might, bone, to close, to defend,{{Cite web |title=עצם {{!}} Abarim Publications Theological Dictionary (Old Testament Hebrew) |url=https://www.abarim-publications.com/Dictionary/ay/ay-ts-mfin.html |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=Abarim Publications |language=en}} also self,{{Citation |title=עצם |date=2022-06-07 |url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%9D&oldid=67310193 |work=Wiktionary |language=en |access-date=2022-08-22}} self-same{{Cite book |last=Crossin |first=Pat |url= |title=Meanings of the Names of People and Places in the Old Testament |date=2019-10-21 |publisher=Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-1-64515-624-6 |language=en}} and strenuous{{Cite book |last=Jackson |first=James Beaumont |title=A Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names |publisher= |year=1909}}) is an unidentified site in the Negev of Judah toward the Edomite border.

It is mentioned in the Biblical Book of Joshua ({{bibleverse-nb||Joshua|15:29}}; {{bibleverse-nb||Joshua|19:1-3}}). In the King James Version it is spelled "Azem" in Joshua and "Ezem" in Chronicles ({{bibleverse-nb|1|Chronicles|4:29|KJV}}).

In Joshua 19:1-3 and 1 Chronicles 4:29 it is one of the towns "in the midst of

the inheritance of Judah" assigned to Simeon.{{sfn|Cheyne|Black|1901}}