Ezem

Ee´zuhm; Heb., “bone”

A town in southern Judah counted as belonging to both Judah (Josh 15:29) and Simeon (Josh 19:3). Since the tribe of Simeon was early assimilated into Judah, the town was probably originally assigned to Simeon, but was absorbed into Judah as Simeon lost its identity (note Gen 49:5-7).