Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Breaks; ruins, a place near Ai (Josh. 7:5; R.V. marg., “the quarries”).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(the breaches), a place named in (Joshua 7:5) only, as one of the points in the flight from Ai.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
SHEB'ARIM (ruins), a place near Ai to which the Israelites were pursued. Josh 7:5. The term may mean "precipices," or possibly "fissures," but the location is unknown.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
breakings; hopes