H8114 H8114
Shemariah; personal name meaning 'YHWH has kept/preserved,' borne by one of David's warriors and two contemporaries of Ezra
This theophoric name (containing God's name) means 'YHWH has kept' or 'YHWH has preserved.' It appears with spelling variants: Shemaryahu (with full divine name ending) in 1 Chronicles 12:6 for one of David's warriors who joined him at Ziklag, and Shemariah (shorter form) for a son of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:19) and two men listed among those who had married foreign women in Ezra's time (Ezra 10:32, 41). The multilingual glosses show transliteration with minor variations (Spanish Semarías). The name expresses parental gratitude for God's protection or preservation, perhaps of the child or family. That it appears among David's early followers and later among the post-exilic community shows its enduring use across Israel's history.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Personal name meaning 'YHWH has kept/preserved,' appearing as Shemaryahu or Shemariah. Borne by a warrior who joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr 12:6), a son of Rehoboam (2 Chr 11:19), and two men in Ezra's time who had married foreign wives (Ezra 10:32, 41). The theophoric name expresses trust in God's preservation and protection, reflecting the faith and gratitude of those who named their sons thus across several centuries of Israelite history. 4×
AR["شَمَريا", "شَمَرْيَا", "وَشَمَرْيَاهُو"]·ben["এবং-শমরিয়া", "শমরিয়", "শমরীয়"]·DE["Schemarja", "[ושמריהו]", "[שמריה]"]·EN["Shemariah", "Shemaryah", "and-Shemaryahu"]·FR["[ושמריהו]", "[שמריה]"]·heb["ו-שמריהו", "שמריה"]·HI["और-शमर्याहू", "शमर्याह", "शमर्याह-को"]·ID["Semarya", "dan-Semarya"]·IT["[ושמריהו]", "[שמריה]"]·jav["Semarya", "Syémarya", "lan-Sémarya"]·KO["그-와-스마랴", "셰마룤", "스마랴"]·PT["Shemaryah", "e-Shemaryahu"]·RU["Шемарью", "Шемарьяху", "и-Шемарьяху"]·ES["Semarías", "Shemaryah", "y-Semarías"]·SW["Shemaria", "na-Shemarya"]·TR["Semarya", "ve-Şmarya", "Şemarya'yı"]·urd["اور-شمریاہو", "شمریاہ", "شمَریاہ"]
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
† שְׁמַרְיָ֫ה(וּ) n.pr.m. (י׳ has kept, preserved);—Σαμαρ(ε)ια(ς): 1. -יָ֫הוּ a hero of David 1 Ch 12:6 (van d. H. v 5). Elsewhere -יָה: 2. son of Rehoboam 2 Ch 11:19. 3. contemporaries of Ezra: a. Ear 10:32. b. v 41.