How to Pronounce Siloam
sih-LO-uhm
Siloam is pronounced sih-LO-uhm (saɪˈləʊəm): three syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: Sih-LOH-am, si-LOH-uhm, sye-LOH-uhm.
Where was Siloam?
Sent or sending. Here a notable miracle was wrought by our Lord in giving sight to the blind (John 9:7-11). It has been identified with the Birket Silwan in the lower Tyropoeon valley, to the south-east of the hill of Zion. The water which flows into this pool intermittingly by a subterranean channel springs from the “Fountain of the Virgin” (q.v.). The length of this channel, which has several windings, is 1,750 feet, though the direct distance is only 1,100 feet. The pool is 53 feet in length from north to south, 18 feet wide, and 19 deep. The water passes from it by a channel cut in the rock into the gardens below.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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