1. Shimei (proper name) — The proper name Shimei/Shimi, referring to several individuals in the Hebrew Bible, most notably Shimei son of Gera who cursed David (2 Samuel 16), as well as Levites and officials in Chronicles and Kings. All four clusters are grammatical and prepositional variants of the same name. Spanish Simei/Shimei/Shimi, Arabic Shimii, Hindi Shimii/ShimI, Korean simeuiga/simeiiga, Swahili Shimei. The fourth cluster (S142325) appears to be a ketiv/qere variant but still the same person/name. All languages use a consistent transliteration across clusters. 44×
AR["شِمعي","شِمْعي","شِمْعِي"]·ben["শিমিয়","শিমিয়ি","শিমিয়িকে","শিমিয়ির","শিমিয়ীর","শিমির"]·DE["Schimi","Simei"]·EN["Shim'i","Shimei","Shimi"]·FR["Schimeï","Shiméi"]·heb["שמעי"]·HI["शिमई","शिमई-के","शिमई-ने","शिमी","शिमी-ने","शिमी-से"]·ID["Simei"]·IT["Scimei"]·jav["Simei","Siméi"]·KO["시메이","시메이가","시며이","시므이","시므이가","시므이는"]·PT["Shim'i","Shimei","Shimi","Shim‘i"]·RU["Шимеи","Шимей","Шими","Шимъи","Шимьи"]·ES["Shimei","Shimi","Simei","Simeí"]·SW["Shimei","huko-Yerusalemu","kutoka-Gathi","wewe","yuko-Shimei"]·TR["Şimi","Şimi'nin","Şimi'ye","Şimiy'in"]·urd["سمعی","سمعی-کے","شمعی","شمعی-نے","شمعی-کا","شمعی-کے"]
Exod 6:17, Num 3:18, 2 Sam 16:5, 2 Sam 16:7, 2 Sam 16:13, 2 Sam 19:16, 2 Sam 19:18, 2 Sam 19:21, 2 Sam 19:23, 2 Sam 21:21, 1 Kgs 1:8, 1 Kgs 2:8 (+32 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
I. שִׁמְעִי43 I. שִׁמְעִי43 n.pr.m. usually Σεμεει: 1. in Benj.: a. 2 S 16:5, 7, 13; 19:17, 19, 22, 24, 1 K 2:8 + 10 times 1 K 2. †b. 1 K 1:8, perhaps = 4:18. 2. a Ramathite 1 Ch 27:27. †3. Levites: a. ‘son’ of Gershon Ex 6:17 Nu 3:18 1 Ch 6:2; 23:7, 9, 10(×2). b. 6:14. c. v 27. d. 25:17 e. 2 Ch 29:14. f. 31:12, 13. g. Ezr 10:23. †4. brother of Zerub. 1 Ch 3:19. †5. in Simeon 4:26, 27. †6. in…