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HebrewH8087Proper Noun (Masculine)

שֶׁ֫מַע

she.ma

5Occurrences
H8087Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Shema, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites

for the same as H8088 (שֵׁמַע);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Hebron (H2275I); brother of: Korah (H7141J), Tappuah (H8599A) and Rekem (H7552I); father of: Raham (H7357) § Shema = "hear" 1) a Reubenite, son of Joel, father of Azaz, and grandfather of ) a Judaite, son of Hebron and father of ) a Benjamite, son of Elpaal who along with his brother Beriah were heads of their fathers houses in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. Probably the same as 'Shimhi' 4) an Israelite who stood on the right hand of Ezra as he read the Law to the people

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שֶׁ֫מַע appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:43BSB

The sons of Hebron:Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

1 Chronicles 2:44BSB

Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.

1 Chronicles 5:8BSB

and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.

1 Chronicles 8:13BSB

and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).

Nehemiah 8:4BSB

Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.