Shimei ~ ሰሜኢ: Famous / EBD; “Shimei” means renowned / SBD, (ዘኁ 3:18) ... [Related term(s):- Shimea, Shimeam, Shimeah, Shimhi, Shimi]

The name ‘Shimei’ is derived from ‘Smie’ (ስሜ) ፥ the meaning is ‘my name’ / Ibid.

See also:- Shimei / ሳሚ

Son of Gershon the son of Levi, “And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.” (Num 3:18)

Other people with the same name are: When David and his suite were seen descending the long defile, on his flight from Absolom, (2 Sam 16:5-13); One of the adherents of Solomon at the time of Adonjah’s usurpation (1 Kin 1:8); A son of Pedaiah, the brother of Zerubbabel (1 Chr 3:19); A Simeonite (1 Chr 4:26, 27); A Reubenite (1 Chr 5:4); A Levite of the family of Gershon (1 Chr 6:42); A Ramathite who was "over the vineyards" of David (1 Chr 27:27); One of the sons of Heman, who assisted in the purification of the temple (2 Chr 29:14); A Levite (2 Chr 31:12,13); Another Levite (Ezr 10:23) "The family of Shimei" (Zec 12:13; R.V., "the family of the Shimeites") were the descendants of Shimei.
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ሰሜኢ ~Shimei, Shimhi, Shimi: ስሜ፣ ስም፣ ዝና፣ መጠሪያ፣ መታወቂያ ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስም- ሳሚ]

‘ስመ’ ከሚለው ግስ የተገኘ ስም ነው።

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ አሥራ አራት ሰዎች አሉ።

I.                        ሰሜኢ /Shimei:

1.                  የኢዮኤል ልጅ፥ “ልጁ ጎግ፥ ልጁ ሰሜኢ፥ ልጁ ሚካ፥” (1 ዜና 5:4፣5)

2.                  ከሌዊ ልጆች፥ የጌድሶን ልጅ፥ ሰሜኢ፥ (ዘኁ 3:18)፣ (1 ዜና 6:17፣29)

3.                  የፈዳያ ልጅ፥ (1 ዜና 3:19)

4.                  የዘኩር ልጅ፥ (1 ዜና 4:26፣ 27)

5.                  የሌዊያዊው የጌድሶን ልጅ፥ የኢኤት ልጅ፥ (1 ዜና 6:42፣ 43)

6.                  የጎዶልያስ ልጅ፥ (1 ዜና 25:17)

7.                  በዳዊት የወይን ቦታ የተሾመው፥ ሰሜኢ፥ (1 ዜና 27:27)

8.                  የኤማን ልጅ፥ (2 ዜና 29:14)

9.                  ካህኑ ሰሜኢ፥ (2 ዜና 31:12፣ 13)

10.              በዕዝራ ዘመን እንግዳ ሚስቶችን ካገቡ፥ የሐሱም ልጅ ሰሜኢ፥ (ዕዝ10:33)

11.              ብንያማዊ የአስቴር አጎት የመርዶክዮስ ወገን፣ የቂስ ልጅ ሰሜኢ፥ (አስ2:5)

·                     የኤላ ልጅ፥ “በብንያም የኤላ ልጅ ሳሚ” (1 ነገ 4:18)

·                     የጌራ ልጅ-ሳሚ (1 ነገ 1:8)

II.                        ሰሜኢ /Shimhi: "ኤሊዔናይ፥ ... ሺምራት፥ የሰሜኢ ልጆች” (1 ዜና 8:21)

III.                        ሰሜኢ /Shimi: የሌዊ ልጅ ከጌድሶን ልጆች፥ “የጌድሶንም ልጆች እንደ ወገኖቻቸው ሎቤኒ፥ ሰሜኢ ናቸው።” (ዘጸ 6:17)