Hebrew word · H8044

שַׁמְגַּר

shamgar

Shamgar

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.3.31;

son of: Anath (H6067)

§ Shamgar = "sword"

son of Anath and a judge of Israel; with an ox-goad he slew 600 Philistines and delivered Israel

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

Judges · 2
  1. Judges 3:31 שַׁמְגַּ֣ר Shamgar

    After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.

    Here: Not a Hebrew name. It is most often explained as Hurrian (a people of northern Mesopotamia and Syria whose names turn up across Late Bronze Age Canaan), perhaps 'Shimig (the sun god) has given'. The name itself marks him as an outsider or as someone from Canaan's mixed population.

  2. Judges 5:6 שַׁמְגַּ֤ר Shamgar

    In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

    Here: The fighter of Judges 3:31 who killed 600 Philistines with an ox-goad. The name is not Hebrew in form and is often explained as Hurrian (a people of northern Mesopotamia and Syria). That suggests a non-Israelite or mixed background.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.