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title: שְׁמַעְיָה — Shemaiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׁמַעְיָה (8098), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 34 times: Shemaiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁמַעְיָה

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«שְׁמַעְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shemaiah** — 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:** 34 times · **Key:** 8098 · **BDB:** שְׁמַעְיָ֫ה(וּ)

### Glosses

Shemaiah (24); of.Shemaiah (7); \[was\].Shemaiah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shemaiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8098/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8098/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Σαμαιας, etc.: שְׁמַעְיָה, prophet, Rehob.’s time 1 K 12:22 2 Ch 12:5, 7, 15; = -יָהוּ 11:2. Jer’s time: false proph. Je 29:31(×2), 32 = -יָהוּ v 24. -יָהוּ 36:12. -יָהוּ a prophet’s father 26:20. descendant of Zerub. 1 Ch 3:22(×2). in Simeon 4:37. in Reuben 5:4. Levites: 1 Ch 9:14. v 16 = שַׁמּוּעַ 3. 15:8, 11. 24:6. 26:4, 6, 7. 2 Ch 29:14. Ezr 8:16. Ne 11:15. Also -יָהוּ 2 Ch 17:8. 31:15. 35:9. companions of Ezra: Ezr 8:13. 10:21. v 31. of Neh.: Ne 3:29. 6:10. priests: Ne 10:9; 12:42. v 6, 18. v 35. v 36. a prince v 34.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 30 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁמַעְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8098/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 12:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.6/)

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שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה וְיוֹיָרִ֖יב יְדַֽעְיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Shemaiah and Joiarib Jedaiah

*JPS 1917:* Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah;

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[Nehemiah 10:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.9/)

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מַֽעַזְיָ֥ה בִלְגַּ֖י שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑ה אֵ֖לֶּה הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* Maaziah Bilgai Shemaiah these \[were\].the priests

*JPS 1917:* Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah. These were the priests.

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