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1 Kings 4:18
“Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שִׁמְעִיShimʻîy · shim-ee'
H8096 · Hebrew
H8096 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Shimi, the name of twenty Israelites
- Derivation
- from H8088 (שֵׁמַע); famous;
- KJV renderings
- Shimeah (from the margin), Shimei, Shimhi, Shimi.
- Grammar
- שִׁמְעִ֥י — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 44 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 6:17Numbers 3:182 Samuel 16:52 Samuel 16:72 Samuel 16:13
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שִׁמְעִי here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.