Hebrew word · H8043

שִׁמְאָם

shim'am

Shimeam

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.8.32;

son of: Mikloth (H4732); also called Shimeam at 1Ch.9.38;

Another name of shim.ah (שִׁמְאָה "Shimeah" H8039)

§ Shimeam = "their fame"

1) a Benjamite, son of Mikloth

1a) also 'Shimeah'

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 9:38 שִׁמְאָ֑ם Shimeam

    Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

    Here: Mikloth's son, called Shimeah in 8:32. The name probably comes from the root 'to hear' (shama'), like Shimea and Shimei. Nothing else is known of him.

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