BDB8833 [H8095]

שִׁמְעוֺן₄₄ proper name, masculine (compare proper name שמעון in Palmyrene Lzb³⁷⁸; meaning doubtful; Rs and others compare said to mean offspring of hyena and wolf; see Hogg^{EBiv. 4531}); —

1. second son of Jacob and Leath, Συμεωη: Gen 29:33 (name explanation from שָׁמַע), Gen 35:23; Exod 1:2 + 14 t. (associated especially with Levi Gen 34:25; Gen 34:30; Gen 49:5).

2. tribal name Judg 1:3 (twice in verse); Judg 1:17; Num 1:6 +; so ׳גְּנֵי שׁ Num 1:22 + 7 t., ׳מַטֵה שׁ Num 1:23; Num 2:12; Num 13:5 ׳מַטֵּה גְנֵי שׁ Num 10:19; Num 34:20; Josh 19:1; Josh 19:8; Josh 21:9; 1Chr 6:50.

3. post-exilic Jew with foreign wife Ezra 10:31.

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