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title: שֹׁמְרוֹן — Samaria · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֹׁמְרוֹן (8111), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 109 times: Samaria. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֹׁמְרוֹן

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«שֹׁמְרוֹן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Samaria** — 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:** 109 times · **Key:** 8111 · **BDB:** שֹׁמְרוֹן

### Glosses

Samaria (70); of.Samaria (29); to (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Samaria [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8111/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8111/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. capital of N. Isr. from Omri’s time (belonging to clan שֶׁמֶר, StaZAW v (1885), 165–175; originally שַׁמְרוֹן or שַׁמְרַיִן; Assyrian Samerîna COT 1 K 16:24);—שׁ׳ 1 K 16:24 (name expl. as from שֶׁמֶר, orig. owner of site), v 28, 29, 32; 20:1, 10 +; שֹׁמְר֫וֹנָה 1 K 20:43; 2 K 6:19; 14:14; personified as woman Ez 16:46, 51, 53, 55; 23:4, 33; king of N. Isarel is מֶלֶךְ שׁ׳ 1 K 21:2; 2 K 1:3; מ׳ יִשׂ׳ אֲשֶׁר בְּשׁ׳ 1 K 21:18, cf. מָלַךְ עַל־יִשׂ׳ בְּשׁ׳ 22:52 + 9 times; thence name of territory, שְׂדֵה שׁ׳ Ob 19, עָרֵי שׁ׳ 1 K 13:32 (point of view of later editor), 2 K 17:24, 26; 23:19; הָרֵי שׁ׳ Am 3:9; Je 31:5,—cf. הַר־שׁ׳ Am 4:1; 6:1; 1 K 16:24; perhaps שׁ׳ alone Je 23:13; 1 K 18:2; 2 K 17:24, 28; 2 Ch 25:13; חֵיל שׁ׳ Ne 3:34.—𝔊 usually Σαμαρεια, but 1 K 16:24 Σεμερω, Σαεμερων, Σομορων; = mod. Sebastieh; vid. GASmG. 346 ff. Buhl G 207 f. CowleyEncy. Bib. s. v. WilsonHast. DB s. v..

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 32 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֹׁמְרוֹן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8111/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 10:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.10.7/)

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נִדְמֶ֥ה שֹׁמְר֖וֹן מַלְכָּ֑הּ כְּקֶ֖צֶף עַל־פְּנֵי־מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* \[will.be\].destroyed Samaria king its like a.twig on \[the\].surface of.\[the\].waters

*JPS 1917:* As for Samaria, her king is cut off, as foam upon the water.

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[Jeremiah 31:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.5/)

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ע֚וֹד תִּטְּעִ֣י כְרָמִ֔ים בְּהָרֵ֖י שֹֽׁמְר֑וֹן נָטְע֥וּ נֹטְעִ֖ים וְחִלֵּֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* again you.will.plant vineyards on the.hills of.Samaria they.will.plant planters and they.will.put.\[them\].to.use

*JPS 1917:* Again shalt thou plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant, and shall have the use thereof.

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