Lexicon
שִׁלֵּמִי
shil.le.mi
H8016
N:N--PG Hebrew

Shillemite

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shil.le.mi identifies a male member of the Shillemite clan in a clan listing.

The attested use identifies a male Shillemite within the clan listing of Numbers 26:49.

Senses in use

  1. Male Shillemite clan designation · dominant

    In Numbers 26:49, the form is a masculine singular gentilical noun in the clause naming Shillem and his clan; the APB renders the verse, “Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; and Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Numbers 26:49, the APB presents the clan as “the Shillemites.” Its exact correspondence to the supplied form cannot be isolated beyond the clause's clan designation.

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