שַׁמָּהShammâh

Shammah, the name of an Edomite and four Israelites

Pronunciation: sham-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8048

Meanings

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 36:13 The descendants of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.
  • Genesis 36:17 The descendants of Esau’s son Reuel became the leaders of the clans of Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the clan leaders in the land of Edom who descended from Reuel. All these were descendants of Esau’s wife Basemath.
  • 1 Samuel 16:9 Next Jesse summoned Shimea, but Samuel said, “Neither is this the one the Lord has chosen.”
  • 1 Samuel 17:13 Jesse’s three oldest sons—Eliab, Abinadab, and Shimea—had already joined Saul’s army to fight the Philistines.
  • 2 Samuel 23:25 Shammah from Harod; Elika from Harod;
  • 2 Samuel 23:33 son of Shagee from Harar; Ahiam son of Sharar from Harar;
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).