Original Language Studio
Nehemiah 12:6
“Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שְׁמַעְיָהShᵉmaʻyâh · shem-aw-yaw'
H8098 · Hebrew
H8098 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites
- Derivation
- or שְׁמַעְיָהוּ; from H8085 (שָׁמַע) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has heard;
- KJV renderings
- Shemaiah.
- Grammar
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 41 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Kings 12:221 Chronicles 3:221 Chronicles 3:221 Chronicles 4:371 Chronicles 5:4
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 שְׁמַעְיָה 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.