H8106 H8106
Shemer; a personal name, notably the original owner of the hill on which Samaria was built
Shemer is best known as the man from whom King Omri purchased the hill that became Samaria, Israel's northern capital (1 Kgs 16:24). The city name שֹׁמְרוֹן explicitly derives from this purchase. Beyond this historically pivotal figure, the name appears in Levitical and tribal genealogies: a Levite in 1 Chronicles 6:46, a member of Asher (1 Chr 7:34, variant Shomer in v. 32), and possibly a Benjaminite (1 Chr 8:12). The LXX renders it Σεμμηρ or Σωμηρ.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A proper masculine name meaning perhaps 'guardian' or 'watchman,' related to the root שׁמר. The most significant bearer sold the hill to Omri that became Samaria (1 Kgs 16:24, mentioned twice). Additional bearers include a Levite (1 Chr 6:46) and an Asherite (1 Chr 7:34). Spanish 'Semer/Shemer' and French 'Shemer' follow the standard transliteration. The name's connection to Israel's capital gives it outsized historical weight. 5×
AR["شامِر", "شَامِرَ", "وَشَامَد"]·ben["ও-শেমদ", "শেমর", "শেমরের"]·DE["Shemer", "[ושמד]", "[שמר]"]·EN["Shamer", "Shemer", "and-Shamed"]·FR["Shemer", "[ושמד]", "[שמר]"]·heb["ו-שמד", "שמר"]·HI["और-शेमेद", "शेमेर"]·ID["Semer", "dan-Semed"]·IT["Shemer", "[ושמד]", "[שמר]"]·jav["Sèmer", "Sémèr", "lan-Sémèd"]·KO["그-와-세멧", "세메르로부터", "세메르의", "세멜", "세밀-의"]·PT["Shamer", "Shemer", "e-Shemed"]·RU["Шемера", "и-Шемед"]·ES["Semer", "Shemer", "y-Sámed"]·SW["Shemeri", "na-Shemedi"]·TR["ve-Şemed", "Şemer'den", "Şemer'in"]·urd["اور-شامد", "شامر-کا", "شامر-کے", "شمر"]
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
† I. שֶׁ֫מֶר n.pr.m. (proposes clan-name, cf. StaZAW v (1885), 166f., cf. Sab. שמר Os 13, but NAram شِمْر DHMZMG xxxvii (1885). 14 SabDenkm 30);—Σεμ(μ)ηρ, etc.: 1. שׁ׳ orig. owner of hill where Sam. was built 1 K 16:24(×2). 2. שָׁ֑מֶר: a. Levite 1 Ch 6:31. b. in Asher 7:34, A 𝔊L Σωμηρ; = שֹׁמֵר v 32. c. in Benj. 8:12 van d. H.; > שֶׁמֶד q.v.