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(Heb. Shimnah',
ùַׁîַòָä
[text in 2Sa_21:21, Shimay',
ùׁîְòִé
, but the margin has
ùַׁîְòָà
], i. q. Shimea, Sept.
ÓáìáÜ
, v. r.
ÓáìÜ
,
ÓåìáÜ
,
ÓáìåÜ
; in 2Sa_21:21,
Óåìå
‹), the name of two Hebrews.
1. One of David's older brothers, and father of Jonathan and Jonadab (2Sa_21:21); elsewhere (1Sa_16:9) called SHAMMAH SEE SHAMMAH (q.v.), also SHIMEA (1Ch_20:7; "Shimma," 1 Chronicles ii, 13).2. A "son" of Mikloth, who seems to have been the youngest son of Jehiel, a Benjamite, and "father" (founder) of Gibeon (1Ch_8:32). B.C. perhaps 536. In a parallel passage (1Ch_9:38) he is called SHIMEAM SEE SHIMEAM (q.v.).