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title: שַׁמּוּעַ — Shammua · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שַׁמּוּעַ (8051), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Shammua. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שַׁמּוּעַ

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«שַׁמּוּעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shammua** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8051 · **BDB:** שַׁמּוּעַ

### Glosses

Shammua (4); of.Shammua (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shammua [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8051/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8051/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. son of David 2 S 5:14 = 1 Ch 14:4, Σαμμους\[ε\], Σαμαα (= שִׁמְעָא 2). Reubenite, Nu 13:4, Σαμουηλ, Σαλαμιηλ, etc. Levite, Ne 11:17 (= שְׁמַעְיָה 1 Ch 9:16), Σαμουει, etc.; 12:18 (? same person), 𝔊L Σαμουε.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שַׁמּוּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8051/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 12:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.18/)

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לְבִלְגָּ֣ה שַׁמּ֔וּעַ לִֽשְׁמַעְיָ֖ה יְהוֹנָתָֽן׃

*Word for word:* of Bilgah Shammua of Shemaiah Jonathan

*JPS 1917:* of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;

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[Numbers 13:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.13.4/)

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וְאֵ֖לֶּה שְׁמוֹתָ֑ם לְמַטֵּ֣ה רְאוּבֵ֔ן שַׁמּ֖וּעַ בֶּן־זַכּֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* and these names \[are\].their for the.tribe of.Reuben Shammua the.son of.Zaccur

*JPS 1917:* And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.

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