Shema ~ ሽማዕ: The name “Shema” means hearing; obeying / HBN, (1 ዜና 5:8)

The name ‘Shema’ is derived from ‘Sema’ (ሰማ) ፥ the meaning is ‘heared’/ Ibid.

A Reubenite, ancestor of Bela, “And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer ...” (1 Chr 5:8)

Other people with the same name are: Son of Elpaal (1 Chr 8:13); One of those who stood at Ezra’s right hand when he read the law to the people (Neh 8:4); A town in the south of Judah (Jos 15:26)
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ሽማዕ ~Shema: ሽማ፣ ስማ፣ ሰማ፣ አዳመጠ ማለት ነው።

‘ሰማ’ ከሚለው ቃል የተገኘ ስም ነው።

በዚህ ስምየሚታወቁ አራት ሰዎች እና አንድ ቦታ አሉ።

1.                  የኬብሮንም ልጅ፥ ሽማዕ፥ “የኬብሮንም ልጆች ቆሬ፥ ተፉዋ፥ ሬቄም፥ ሽማዕ ነበሩ።” (1 ዜና 2:43)

2.                  የኢዮኤል ልጅ፥ ሽማዕ፥ (1 ዜና 5:8)

3.                  የብንያም ወገን፥ ሽማዕ፥  (1 ዜና 8:13)

4.                  ነብዩ ዕዝራ የህግ መጽሐፋን ሲያነብ በአጠገቡ ከቆሙት፥ ሽማዕ፥ (ነህ 8:4)

5.                  የቦታ ስም፥ (ኢያ 15:26)