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title: שִׁמְעָא — Shimea · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁמְעָא (8092), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Shimea. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁמְעָא

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«שִׁמְעָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shimea** — 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:** 8092 · **BDB:** שִׁמְעָא

### Glosses

Shimea (3); of.Shimea (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shimea [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8092/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8092/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. brother of David 2 S 21:21 Qr (cf. Dr; Kt שמעי) Σεμεει, 𝔊L Σαμαα, = 1 Ch 20:7, third son of Jesse 1 Ch 2:13; = שִׁמְעָה 2 S 13:3, 32, Σαμα(α), etc., שַׁמָּה (q.v.) 1 S 16:9; 17:13. son of David 1 Ch 3:5 (= שַׁמּוּעַ 1), Σαμαν, Σαμαα. Levites, Σομεα, Σαμα(α): 1 Ch 6:15. v 24.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁמְעָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8092/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 6:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.6.15/)

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שִׁמְעָ֥א בְנ֛וֹ חַגִּיָּ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ עֲשָׂיָ֥ה בְנֽוֹ׃פ

*Word for word:* Shimea son his Haggiah son his Asaiah son his

*JPS 1917:* Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

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[1 Chronicles 20:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.20.7/)

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וַיְחָרֵ֖ף אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙ יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן בֶּן־שִׁמְעָ֖א אֲחִ֥י דָוִֽיד׃

*Word for word:* and he.taunted (et) Israel and he struck.him.down Jonathan the.son of.Shimea the.brother of.David

*JPS 1917:* And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.

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