Editing Shefa-Amr (section)

==Etymology==
[[Edward Henry Palmer|Palmer]] writes that the name meant: "The margin or edge of 'Amr. Locally and erroneously supposed to mean the healing of 'Amer ([[Zahir al-Umar|ed Dhaher]])."<ref>Palmer, 1881, p.[https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/116/mode/1up 116]</ref> The city is identified with ''Shefar'am'', an ancient Jewish town of great significance during [[Talmud]]ic times. Some have proposed that its original meaning may be linked to the Hebrew words "''Shefer''" (שֶׁפֶר), signifying something nice, beautiful or good, and "''<nowiki/>'Am''", (עַם) which translates to people.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Hareuveni |first=Imanuel |url=https://kotar.cet.ac.il/KotarApp/Viewer.aspx?nBookID=93576566#926.751.6.default |title=Eretz Israel Lexicon |publisher=CET |year=2010 |pages=926}}</ref>