Original: שִׁמְעִי

Transliteration: Shimʻîy

Phonetic: shim-ee'

Short Definition: Shimeah

Original: שׁמעי

Transliteration: shim‛ı̂y

Phonetic: shim-ee'

BDB Definition:

Shimei or Shimhi or Shimi or Shimea = "renowned"

1. a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of David
2. a Benjamite, son of Elah and commissariat officer in the time of Solomon
3. the Ramathite in charge of the vineyards of David
4. son of Gershon and grandson of Levi
5. a Levite, son of Jeduthun and chief of the 10th division of singers in the time of David
6. a Levite of the sons of Heman who took part in the purification of the temple in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah
7. a Levite, brother of Cononiah in charge of receiving the tithes and offerings in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah
8. a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
9. a Judaite, son of Pedaiah and brother of Zerubbabel
   1. a Simeonite, son of Zacchur
   2. a Reubenite, son of Gog and father of Micah
   3. one of the sons of Hashum who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
   4. one of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
   5. a Benjamite, son of Kish, father of Jair, and grandfather of Mordecai in the time of Esther
   6. a Levite, son of Jahath, grandson of Gershon, and great grandson of Levi
   7. Benjamite, father of Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath. Spelled 'Shimhi'

Origin: from H8088

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine

Cognate: H2045, H3458, H3459, H3460, H4926, H4927, H4928, H8051, H8052, H8085, H8087, H8088, H8089, H8090, H8091, H8092, H8093, H8094, H8095, H8097, H8098, H8099, H8100, H8101