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title: שִׁמְעִי — Shimeah (from the margin) · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁמְעִי (8096), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 43 times: Shimeah (from the margin). BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁמְעִי

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«שִׁמְעִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shimeah (from the margin)** — 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:** 43 times · **Key:** 8096 · **BDB:** שִׁמְעִי

### Glosses

Shimei (35); of.Shimei (6); \[was\].Shimei (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shimeah (from the margin) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8096/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8096/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** I. שִׁמְעִי43 n.pr.m. usually Σεμεει: in Benj.: 2 S 16:5, 7, 13; 19:17, 19, 22, 24, 1 K 2:8 + 10 times 1 K 2. 1 K 1:8, perhaps = 4:18. a Ramathite 1 Ch 27:27. Levites: ‘son’ of Gershon Ex 6:17 Nu 3:18 1 Ch 6:2; 23:7, 9, 10(×2). 6:14. v 27. 25:17 2 Ch 29:14. 31:12, 13. Ezr 10:23. brother of Zerub. 1 Ch 3:19. in Simeon 4:26, 27. in Reuben 5:4. 1 Ch 8:13 = (ii.) שֶׁמַע v 13. post-ex. names: Ezr 10:33. v 38 (cf. 3 g supr.). grandfather of Mordecai Est 2:5. 2 S 21:21 Kt (Qr שִׁמְעָא q.v. 1).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 31 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, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁמְעִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8096/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Kings 4:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.4.18/)

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שִׁמְעִ֥י בֶן־אֵלָ֖א בְּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ס

*Word for word:* Shimei the.son of.Ela in Benjamin

*JPS 1917:* Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

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[Ezra 10:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.10.38/)

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וּבָנִ֥י וּבִנּ֖וּי שִׁמְעִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and Bani and Binnui Shimei

*JPS 1917:* and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei;

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