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title: שַׁמָּה — Shammah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁמָּה (8048), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Shammah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁמָּה

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«שַׁמָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shammah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 8048 · **BDB:** שַׁמָּה³

### Glosses

Shammah (6); \[was\].Shammah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shammah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8048/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8048/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. in Edom Gn 36:13, 17; 1 Ch 1:37, usually Σομε. third son of Jesse 1 S 16:9; 17:13, Σαμ(μ)α, 𝔊L Σαμαα; v. שִׁמְעָא, שִׁמְעָה, שִׁמִעִי. Σαμαια(ς), etc., heroes of David: 2 S 23:11 (om. accid. ‖ 1 Ch 11:13 Dr), v 33. v 25 = שַׁמּוֹת 1 Ch 11:27, Σαμαωθ, Σαμ(μ)ωθ; prob. also שַׁמְהוּת 1 Ch 27:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁמָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8048/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 23:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.25/)

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שַׁמָּה֙ הַֽחֲרֹדִ֔י אֱלִיקָ֖א הַחֲרֹדִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Shammah the Harodite Elika the Harodite

*JPS 1917:* Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite;

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[2 Samuel 23:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.33/)

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שַׁמָּה֙ הַֽהֲרָרִ֔י אֲחִיאָ֥ם בֶּן־שָׁרָ֖ר הָארָרִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Shammah the Hararite Ahiam the.son of.Sharar the.Hararite

*JPS 1917:* Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite;

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