The meaning of “שִׁמְעֹנִי”
Understanding Shimʻônîy reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
patronymically from שִׁמְעוֹן tribe of Simeon, Simeonites. - § Simeonites = see Simeon "harkening" - a Shimonite (collec...
שִׁמְעֹנִי
patronymically from שִׁמְעוֹן tribe of Simeon, Simeonites. - § Simeonites = see Simeon "harkening" - a Shimonite (collectively) or descendants of Shimon 1) descendants of Simeon
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 25:14 | “Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.” Word: שִׁמְעֹנִי (Shimʻônîy) | |
| Numbers 26:14 | “These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.” Word: שִׁמְעֹנִי (Shimʻônîy) | |
| Joshua 21:4 | “And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.” Word: שִׁמְעֹנִי (Shimʻônîy) | |
| 1 Chronicles 27:16 | “Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:” Word: שִׁמְעֹנִי (Shimʻônîy) |