Shimea ~ ሳሙስ፣ ሳምዓ: the hearing prayer / EBD, (1 ዜና 3:5) ... [Related term(s):- Shimeah, Shimeam, Shimei, Shimhi, Shimi]

The name ‘Shimea’ is derived from ‘Semi’ (ሰሚ) ፥ the meaning is ‘hearing’ / Ibid.

Son of David by Bathshua, “And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon ...” (1 Chr 3:5)

Other people with the same name are: The brother of David (1 Chr 20:7) elsewhere called Shamma, Shimma and Shimeah; A Gershonite Levite, ancestor of Asaph the minstrel (1 Chr 6:39)

“Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.” ሳምዓ- (1 Chr 6:30)
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ሳሙስ ~Shammua, Shimea: ሽሚ፣ ሰሚ፣ ሰማ፣ አዳመጠ፣ ተረዳ ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስሞች- ሰሙኤል፣ ሳምዓ፣ ሰሙኤ]

‘ሰማ’ ከሚለው ቃል የተገኘ ስም ነው።

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ አራት ሰዎች አሉ።

I.                        ሳሙስ /Shammua:

1.                  የጋላል ልጅ ፥ “በጸሎትም ጊዜ ምስጋናን የሚቀነቅኑ ... የጋላል ልጅ የሳሙስ ልጅ አብድያ።” (ነህ 11:17)

2.                  ከቢልጋ ነገድ የሆነ ካህን፥ ሳሙስ፥ (2 ሳሙ 5:14)

II.                        ሳሙስ /Shimea:

·                     ንጉሥ ዳዊት ከቤርሳቤህ የወለደው፥ “እነዚህ ደግሞ በኢየሩሳሌም ተወለዱለት ከዓሚኤል ልጅ ከቤርሳቤህ፥ ሳሙስ፥ ሶባብ፥ ናታን” (1 ዜና 3:5)

·                     የዳዊት ወንድም፥ ሳምዓ - (1 ዜና 20:7)