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שָׁמִיר

Shâmîyr · H8069 · Hebrew · proper noun · 4 occurrences

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This name belongs to 2 places

Meanings

  1. Shamir

    A town located in the hill country of the territory of Judah, the residence of Tola son of Puah, judge of Israel

    Examples

    Joshua 15:48 In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, and Socoh,

    Judges 10:1 Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, rose up to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

    Judges 10:2 He judged Israel for twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir.

  2. Shamir

    Man; son of Micah; descendant of Uzziel; tribe of Levi

    Examples

    1 Chronicles 24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir.

How it’s used In 2 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

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2 occurrences in 2 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 4 entries
Gemstones001003001001009
שָׁמִיר (Shâmîyr, H8069) is the place name "Shamir," as in occurrences glossed "Shamir." As a proper name it does not independently attest the "Gemstones" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שָׁמִיר (shâmîyr, H8068) (the common noun "thorn/diamond") in the source data and reflects שָׁמִיר (shâmîyr, H8068)'s own attested sense, not this proper name's.
Plants001002007001
שָׁמִיר (Shâmîyr, H8069) is the place name "Shamir," as in occurrences glossed "Shamir." As a proper name it does not independently attest the "Plants" domain; that classification is bundle-shared with שָׁמִיר (shâmîyr, H8068) (the common noun "thorn/diamond") in the source data and reflects שָׁמִיר (shâmîyr, H8068)'s own attested sense, not this proper name's.
Names of Locations003001010
This proper name identifies Shamir, a town in the hill country of Judah listed in Joshua 15:48 and also a town in the hill country of Ephraim where the judge Tola lived and was buried, per Judges 10:1-2.
Names of People003001007
The same name also identifies a descendant of Uzziel among the Levites, as in 1 Chronicles 24:24.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8069. Shamiyr II. שָׁמִיר proper name, of a location 1. in אֶפְרַיִם הֵר Jdg 10:1-2,…
H8069. Shamiyr
II. שָׁמִיר proper name, of a location 1. in אֶפְרַיִם הֵר Jdg 10:1-2, Σαμειρ; A ᵐ5L Σαφειρ.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

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