שִׁמְעִי

Exodus 6:17 וְשִׁמְעִ֖י and Shimei

The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

Numbers 3:18 וְשִׁמְעִֽי׃ and Shimei

These were the names of the sons of Gershon by their clans: Libni and Shimei.

2 Samuel 16:5 שִׁמְעִ֣י [was] Shimei

As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.

Here: The name comes from the root 'to hear' (sh-m-ʿ). This Shimei comes back in 19:16–23 and 1 Kings 2:8–9, 36–46.

2 Samuel 16:7 שִׁמְעִ֖י Shimei

And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!

2 Samuel 16:13 וְשִׁמְעִ֡י and Shimei

So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.

2 Samuel 19:16 שִׁמְעִ֤י Shimei

Then Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried down with the men of Judah to meet King David,

Here: A personal name built on the verb 'to hear' (shama'), probably a short form of a name like '(the LORD) has heard.' Readers know him already as the man who cursed David and threw stones at him in 16:5–13.

2 Samuel 19:18 וְשִׁמְעִ֣י and Shimei

and crossed at the ford to carry over the king’s household and to do what was good in his sight. When Shimei son of Gera crossed the Jordan, he fell down before the king

2 Samuel 19:21 שִׁמְעִ֑י Shimei

But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”

2 Samuel 19:23 שִׁמְעִ֖י Shimei

So the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die.” And the king swore an oath to him.

1 Kings 1:8 וְשִׁמְעִ֣י and Shimei

But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.

1 Kings 2:8 שִֽׁמְעִ֨י Shimei

Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: ‘I will never put you to the sword.’

1 Kings 2:36 לְשִׁמְעִ֔י <to> Shimei

Then the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Build a house for yourself in Jerusalem and live there, but do not go anywhere else.

1 Kings 2:38 שִׁמְעִ֤י שִׁמְעִ֛י Shimei

“The sentence is fair,” Shimei replied. “Your servant will do as my lord the king has spoken.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time.

1 Kings 2:39 לְשִׁמְעִ֔י לְשִׁמְעִי֙ of Shimei, to Shimei

After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”

Here: 'Belonging to Shimei.' The preposition le- marks ownership. Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite of Saul's clan who had cursed David (2 Sam 16:5–13).

1 Kings 2:40 שִׁמְעִ֗י שִׁמְעִ֔י Shimei

So Shimei saddled his donkey and set out to Achish at Gath in search of his slaves, and he brought them back from Gath.

1 Kings 2:41 שִׁמְעִ֧י Shimei

When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned,

1 Kings 2:42 לְשִׁמְעִ֗י <to> Shimei

the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD and warn you, ‘On the day you leave and go elsewhere, know for sure that you will die’? And you told me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will comply.’

1 Kings 2:44 שִׁמְעִ֗י Shimei

The king also said, “You know in your heart all the evil that you did to my father David. Therefore the LORD will bring your evil back upon your head.

1 Kings 4:18 שִׁמְעִ֥י Shimei

Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;

1 Chronicles 3:19 וְשִׁמְעִ֑י and Shimei

The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The children of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, their sister Shelomith,

1 Chronicles 4:26 שִׁמְעִ֥י Shimei

The sons of Mishma: Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 4:27 וּלְשִׁמְעִ֞י and [belonged] to Shimei

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.

1 Chronicles 5:4 שִׁמְעִ֥י Shimei

The descendants of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

1 Chronicles 6:17 וְשִׁמְעִֽי׃ and Shimei

These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 6:29 שִׁמְעִ֥י Shimei

The descendants of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

1 Chronicles 6:42 שִׁמְעִֽי׃ Shimei

the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

1 Chronicles 8:21 שִׁמְעִֽי׃ Shimei

Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

1 Chronicles 23:7 וְשִׁמְעִֽי׃ ס and Shimei

The Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 23:9 שִׁמְעִ֗י Shimei

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the families of Ladan.

1 Chronicles 23:10 שִׁמְעִ֔י שִׁמְעִ֖י Shimei

And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four in all.

1 Chronicles 25:17 שִׁמְעִ֔י Shimei

the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his brothers—12 in all;

1 Chronicles 27:27 שִׁמְעִ֖י Shimei

Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine vats.

Here: A personal name meaning "[God] has heard", probably short for Shemaiah. It was very common: about twenty different men in the Old Testament bear it. This one appears nowhere else and is not the Shimei who cursed David (2 Sam 16).

2 Chronicles 29:14 וְשִׁמְעִ֑י ס and Shimei

Jehiel and Shimei from the Hemanites; and Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthunites.

2 Chronicles 31:12 וְשִׁמְעִ֥י and Shimei

And they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes, and dedicated gifts. Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them, and his brother Shimei was second.

2 Chronicles 31:13 וְשִׁמְעִ֣י and Shimei

Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and his brother Shimei, by appointment of King Hezekiah and of Azariah the chief official of the house of God.

Ezra 10:23 וְשִׁמְעִ֗י and Shimei

Among the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

Ezra 10:33 שִׁמְעִֽי׃ ס Shimei

From the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei.

Ezra 10:38 שִׁמְעִֽי׃ Shimei

From the descendants of Binnui: Shimei,

Esther 2:5 שִׁמְעִ֛י Shimei

Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.