shim.i is a personal name borne by men identified in genealogies, official lists, and narrative episodes.

The form is consistently a proper personal name, applied to men in family lines and lists, to officeholders, and to a figure addressed and described in royal narratives. The supplied verses show differing individuals and settings rather than distinct lexical senses.

1. Personal name identifying men · dominant

   The form is tagged “Noun · Proper” throughout. In Exodus 6:17 and 1 Chronicles 23:7, the APB places the named person in family and clan lists; in 1 Chronicles 27:27 it identifies a man charged with vineyards; and in 1 Kings 2:36 it identifies the man summoned by the king and told to remain in Jerusalem. In 2 Samuel 16:13, the APB renders the named man as going alongside David while cursing, stoning, and throwing dust.

   Exodus 6:171 Chronicles 23:71 Chronicles 27:271 Kings 2:362 Samuel 16:13Esther 2:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB generally presents the proper name as “Shimei” in genealogies, lists, and narratives. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, some supplied occurrences cannot be isolated from its English wording.