H8069 H8069
Shamir (place name: two towns in Israel)
Shamir designates two distinct locations in ancient Israel. The first, in the hill country of Ephraim, served as the home and burial place of the judge Tola (Judges 10:1-2). The second appears in the tribal allotment of Judah, listed among towns in the hill country (Joshua 15:48). The name likely derives from a root meaning 'thorn' or 'flint,' though the connection is uncertain. The Greek versions render it variously as Samir, Sameir, or even Samaria (in Tola's context), showing some geographical confusion in transmission.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Place name denoting two separate towns. Joshua 15:48 lists Shamir among Judahite hill-country settlements. Judges 10:1-2 identifies it as Tola's residence in the hill country of Ephraim, where he judged Israel for twenty-three years and was buried. The cross-linguistic evidence ('Shamir,' 'Samir') simply transliterates the name, as appropriate for proper nouns. The geographical distinction between the Judahite and Ephraimite Shamirs must be inferred from context, as the name itself provides no disambiguation. 3×
AR["شاميرُ", "في-شاميرَ"]·ben["শামীর", "শামীরে"]·DE["Shamir", "in-Shamir"]·EN["Shamir", "in-Shamir"]·FR["Shamir", "dans-Shamir"]·heb["ב-שמיר", "שמיר"]·HI["शामीर", "शामीरमें"]·ID["Samir", "di-Syamir"]·IT["Shamir", "in-Shamir"]·jav["Syamir", "ing-Samir"]·KO["샤미르", "에-사밀"]·PT["Shamir", "em-Shamir"]·RU["Шамир", "в-Шамире"]·ES["Samir", "en-Samir"]·SW["Shamiri", "huko-Shamiri"]·TR["Şamir", "Şamir-de"]·urd["شامیر", "شامیر-میں", "شامیر-میں۔"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. שָׁמִיר n.pr.loc. 1. in הַר אֶפְרַיִם Ju 10:1, 2, Σαμειρ; A 𝔊L Σαμαρεια. 2. in (יְהוּדָה) הַר Jos 15:48, Σαμειρ; A 𝔊L Σαφειρ.