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title: סִסְמַי — Sisamai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: סִסְמַי (5581), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Sisamai. BDB 1906: pr.m. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# סִסְמַי

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«סִסְמַי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Sisamai** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 5581 · **BDB:** סִֽסְמַי

### Glosses

Sismai (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Sisamai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5581/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5581/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n. pr.m. name in Judah (on Ph. n.pr. div. ססם(י) v. Lzb 330 Ren in CIS i. No. 95, 3, al. BaeRel. 64 f. Kit 1 Ch 2; 40);—ס׳ 1 Ch 2:40 b, סִֽסְמָ֑י v 40 a; 𝔊 Σοσομαι, 𝔊L Σασαμει.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «סִסְמַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1505/5581/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.40/)

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וְאֶלְעָשָׂה֙ הֹלִ֣יד אֶת־סִֽסְמָ֔י וְסִסְמַ֖י הֹלִ֥יד אֶת־שַׁלּֽוּם׃

*Word for word:* and Eleasah he.fathered (et) Sismai and Sismai he.fathered (et) Shallum

*JPS 1917:* and Eleasah begot Sisamai, and Sisamai begot Shallum;

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