Lexicon
שִׁמְעָא
shim.ah, shim.a
H8092
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Shimea

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shim.ah, shim.a is a personal name used in family lists and in identifying Jonathan as the son of Shimea.

The term is attested as a personal name: it occurs in genealogical and birth lists and in the identification of Jonathan as the son of Shimea. The supplied verses do not establish a further lexical range beyond this name use.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in family identification · dominant

    All supplied tokens are tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 2:13 the APB renders Shimea as Jesse's third son; in 1 Chronicles 3:5 it includes Shimea among those born in Jerusalem; and in 1 Chronicles 20:7 and 2 Samuel 21:21 it identifies Jonathan as Shimea's son. The original form is also present in 1 Chronicles 6:15 and 1 Chronicles 6:24, though the supplied APB wording for those verses does not visibly present the name.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Where the name is visible in the supplied translation, the APB presents it as “Shimea,” either in family lists or in the phrase “Jonathan son of Shimea.” In 1 Chronicles 6:15 and 1 Chronicles 6:24, the supplied APB text does not visibly reflect the original-language token.

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