Hebrew word · H8119

שִׁמְרָת

veshimrat

Shimrath

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.21;

son of: Shimei (H8096N);

brother of: Jakim (H3356), Zichri (H2147H), Zabdi (H2067H), Elienai (H0462), Zillethai (H6769), Eliel (H0447H), Adaiah (H5718H) and Beraiah (H1256)

§ Shimrath = "guard"

a Benjamite, son of Shimei

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 8:21 וְשִׁמְרָ֖ת and Shimrath

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

    Here: A personal name from the root *š-m-r*, "to guard, keep watch," so roughly "watch" or "guard." It also appears nowhere else in the Bible. It is the last of Shimei's nine sons.

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