שִׁמְעָא H8093
Shimeah (personal name: brother of David and others)
Shimeah is a personal name appearing in various forms (Shimea, Shammah, Shammua) across biblical genealogies and narratives. Most notably, he was David's brother, the third son of Jesse (1 Chronicles 2:13), called Shammah in 1 Samuel 16:9 and 17:13. The name also applies to one of David's sons born in Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 3:5, parallel to Shammua in the Samuel account) and to several Levites (1 Chronicles 6:15, 24). The Greek versions show typical consonantal variation (Samaa, Semeei), reflecting the fluidity of name forms in ancient transmission.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Personal name of David's older brother and several other Israelites. 2 Samuel 13:3, 32 identify Shimeah as David's brother and Jonadab's father (the Ketiv reads 'Shimei,' but Qere corrects to 'Shimea'). 2 Samuel 21:21 again names him as David's brother, father of Jonathan who killed a Philistine giant. The name marks a family line connecting back to Jesse and forward through David's nephews who became warriors in his army. 3×
AR["شِمعَةَ", "شِمْعَا"]·ben["শিমিয়ার"]·DE["Shimeah"]·EN["Shimeah"]·FR["Shimeah"]·heb["שמעה"]·HI["शिमआ-का", "शिमआ-के", "शिमा-के"]·ID["(Simea)", "Simea"]·IT["Shimeah"]·jav["(Siméa)", "Simea"]·KO["(시므아)", "심아의"]·PT["(Shim'ah)", "Shim'ah"]·RU["Шимеи", "Шимы"]·ES["(Shimah)", "Shimá"]·SW["Shimea"]·TR["(Şima'nın)", "Şima'nın"]·urd["(شمعہ)", "شمعہ"]
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
שִׁמְעָא n.pr.m. 1. brother of David 2 S 21:21 Qr (cf. Dr; Kt שמעי) Σεμεει, 𝔊L Σαμαα, = 1 Ch 20:7, third son of Jesse 1 Ch 2:13; = שִׁמְעָה 2 S 13:3, 32, Σαμα(α), etc., שַׁמָּה (q.v.) 1 S 16:9; 17:13. 2. son of David 1 Ch 3:5 (= שַׁמּוּעַ 1), Σαμαν, Σαμαα. 3. Levites, Σομεα, Σαμα(α): a. 1 Ch 6:15. b. v 24.