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title: שִׁמְעִי — of Shimi · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁמְעִי (8097), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: of Shimi. BDB 1906: adj.gent. n.coll. 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: **of Shimi** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 8097 · **BDB:** שִׁמְעִי²

### Glosses

the.Shimeite\[s\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

of Shimi [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8097/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. n.coll. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8097/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. of 3 a;—c. art. as n.coll. הַשּׁ׳ Nu 3:21; cf. Zc 12:13.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 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/1513/8097/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 3:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.21/)

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לְגֵ֣רְשׁ֔וֹן מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַלִּבְנִ֔י וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַשִּׁמְעִ֑י אֵ֣לֶּה הֵ֔ם מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* \[belonged\].to Gershon the.clan of the.Libnite\[s\] and the.clan of the.Shimeite\[s\] these they \[were\].the.clans of the.Gershonite\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimeites; these are the families of the Gershonites.

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[Zechariah 12:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.12.13/)

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מִשְׁפַּ֤חַת בֵּית־לֵוִי֙ לְבָ֔ד וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם לְבָ֑ד מִשְׁפַּ֤חַת הַשִּׁמְעִי֙ לְבָ֔ד וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם לְבָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.clan of.the.house of.Levi alone and wives their alone the.clan of the.Shimeite\[s\] alone and wives their alone

*JPS 1917:* The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of the Shimeites apart, and their wives apart;

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