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sheÌ„Ì-mū´el, shem´uÌ„Ì-el (ש×מוּ×ל, shemuÌ„'eÌ„l, “name of God†(?) ( (18)); the Revised Version (British and American) Samuel, the prophet (see SAMUEL); compare Gray, HPN, 200, note 3):
(1) The Simeonite appointed to assist in the division of the land (). The Massoretic Text should be emended to ש×למי×ל, shelumı̄'eÌ„l, to correspond with the form found in ; ; , ; . Septuagint has uniformly ΣαλαμιηÌλ, SalamieÌ„Ìl.
(2) Grandson of Issachar () (Codex Vaticanus ἸσαμουηÌλ, IsamoueÌ„Ìl; Codex Alexandrinus and Lucian, ΣαμουηÌλ, SamoueÌ„Ìl).