Hebrew word · H8060

שַׁמַּי

shamai

Shammai

Appears 6 times in 5 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.28;

son of: Onam (H0208H);

brother of: Jada (H3047);

father of: Nadab (H5070I) and Abishur (H0051)

§ Shammai = "desolate"

1) a Judaite, son of Onam and descendant of Jerahmeel

2) a Judaite, son of Rekem, father of Maon, and descendant of Jerahmeel's brother, Caleb

3) a Judaite, son of Mered and brother of Miriam and Ishbah

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 · 6

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:28 שַׁמַּ֣י שַׁמַּ֔י Shammai

    The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

    Here: Onam's first-named son, and the branch the list follows. The name is probably a shortened form of a name built on 'hear' (compare Shemaiah, 'the LORD has heard'), though its origin is uncertain. He is not the famous rabbi Shammai of the 1st century BC.

  2. 1 Chronicles 2:32 שַׁמַּ֔י Shammai

    The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

  3. 1 Chronicles 2:44 שַׁמָּֽי׃ Shammai

    Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.

  4. 1 Chronicles 2:45 שַׁמַּ֖י Shammai

    The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

  5. 1 Chronicles 4:17 שַׁמַּ֔י Shammai

    The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

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