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title: שִׁמְעָה — Shimeah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁמְעָה (8093), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Shimeah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁמְעָה

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«שִׁמְעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shimeah** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 8093 · **BDB:** שִׁמְעָה

### Glosses

of.Shimeah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shimeah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8093/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8093/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. v. שִׁמְעָא 1.

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁמְעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8093/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 21:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.21/)

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וַיְחָרֵ֖ף אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙ יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן בֶּן־שִׁמְעָ֖ה אֲחִ֥י דָוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* and he.taunted (et) Israel and he struck.him.down Jonathan the.son of.Shimeah 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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[2 Samuel 13:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.3/)

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וּלְאַמְנ֣וֹן רֵ֗עַ וּשְׁמוֹ֙ יֽוֹנָדָ֔ב בֶּן־שִׁמְעָ֖ה אֲחִ֣י דָוִ֑ד וְי֣וֹנָדָ֔ב אִ֥ישׁ חָכָ֖ם מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and.\[belonged\] to Amnon a.friend and name his \[was\].Jonadab the.son of.Shimeah the.brother of.David and Jonadab \[was\].a.man shrewd very

*JPS 1917:* But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.

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