H2174b H2174b
Zimri, an uncertain ethnic or geographical designation in Jeremiah 25:25
This enigmatic reference appears in Jeremiah 25:25 among 'the kings of Zimri,' listed alongside Elam and Media. The identification is uncertain—possibly an Ethiopian tribe (Sembrites) or another group. The Greek Septuagint omits it entirely, and some scholars consider it a textual interpolation. Its placement among distant nations in Jeremiah's oracle against foreign peoples suggests a remote, perhaps minor, kingdom or ethnic group beyond Israel's immediate neighbors.
Senses
1. sense 1 — An uncertain ethnic or geographical designation in Jeremiah 25:25, appearing as 'kings of Zimri' among Elam and Media. Some connect it to Ethiopian Sembrites, but the Greek omission and scholarly debate about interpolation suggest textual uncertainty. The multilingual glosses simply transliterate, unable to determine whether this represents a people, place, or textual corruption. 1×
AR["زِمْرِي"]·ben["সিম্রীর"]·DE["[זמרי]"]·EN["Zimri"]·FR["[זמרי]"]·heb["זמרי"]·HI["ज़िम्री"]·ID["Zimri"]·IT["[זמרי]"]·jav["Zimri"]·KO["신리의"]·PT["Zimri"]·RU["Зимри"]·ES["Zimri"]·SW["Zimri"]·TR["Zimri'nin"]·urd["زمری"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. זִמְרִי n.pr.gent. vel patr., only מַלְכֵי ז׳ Je 25:25 (+ מלכי עֵילָם and מלכי מָדָ֑י); = Σεμβρῖται in Ethiopia (Straboxvii, i. 786)? cf. Gf; om. 𝔊; interpol. according to Kue Gie.