Hebrew word · H8100

שִׁמְעָת

shim'at

Shimeath

A personal name, grammatically feminine, probably from shāmaʿ 'to hear'.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. · Updated November 06, 2026

What it means

A woman of the Ammonites living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.12.21;

mother of: Jozacar (H3108)

§ Shimeath = "report"

an Ammonitess, mother of Jozachar or Zabad, one of the assassins of king Joash of Judah

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

Range of meaning: A personal name, grammatically feminine, probably from shāmaʿ 'to hear'.
Against the English: English readers will likely assume 'son of Shimeath' names a father, as 'son of' usually does in the Bible.
Used elsewhere in the period: Only here and 2 Chronicles 24:26, where she is called 'the Ammonitess'. The Chronicler likewise turns Shomer into Shimrith 'the Moabitess'.

2 Kings · 1

2 Kings 12:21 שִׁ֠מְעָת Shimeath

His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer struck him down, and he died. And they buried him with his fathers in the City of David, and his son Amaziah reigned in his place.

Here: A woman's name (probably from the root 'to hear'). So Jozacar is identified by his mother, which is unusual; 2 Chronicles 24:26 adds that she was an Ammonite.

2 Chronicles · 1

2 Chronicles 24:26 שִׁמְעָת֙ Shimeath

Those who conspired against Joash were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess.

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