Shamir
sha.mir is used as a proper name, chiefly for a place and once for a person in a genealogy.
The attested use is chiefly as a place name: it appears in a hill-country list and as the place where Tola lived and was buried. It also appears once as the name of Micah’s son in a genealogy.
Senses in use
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Place name · dominant
The Proper noun occurs in a hill-country list in Joshua 15:48, where the APB renders “Shamir, Jattir, and Socoh.” In Judges 10:1 the APB renders Tola as dwelling in “Shamir in the mount of Ephraim,” and Judges 10:2 places his burial there.
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Personal name in a genealogy · rare
In 1 Chronicles 24:24, the Proper noun identifies Micah’s son; the APB renders the genealogical clause “the sons of Micah: Shamir.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “Shamir” throughout: as a named location in Joshua 15:48, Judges 10:1, and Judges 10:2, and as a personal name in 1 Chronicles 24:24. The verse is read as a whole, but its clauses consistently preserve the proper name.