Shimhi ~ ሰሜኢ: famous / EBD, (1 ዜና 8:21) ... [Related term(s):- Shimea, Shimeah, Shimeam, Shimei, Shimi]

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

A Benjamite, apparently the same as Shema the son of Elpaal, “And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;” (1 Chr 8:21)

Other people with the same name are: Son of Pedaiah, and brother of Zerubbabel (1 Chr 3:19); A Simeonite, son of Zacchur (1 Chr 4:26, 27); Son of Gog, a Reubenite (1 Chr 5:4); A Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath (1 Chr 6:42); Son of Jeduthun, and chief of the tenth division of the singers (1 Chr 25:17); The Ramathite who was over David’s vineyard (1 Chr 27:27); A Levite of the sons of Heman, who took part in the purification of the temple under Zedekiah (2 Chr 29:14); The brother of Cononiah the Levite, in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chr 31:12, 13); Perhaps the same as the preceding; A Levite in the time of Ezra who had married a foreign wife (Ezr 10:23); One of the families of Hashum, who put away his foreign wife at Ezra’s command (Ezr 10:33); A son of Bani, who had also married a foreign wife, and put her away (Ezr 10:38); Son of Kish, a Benjamite, and ancestor of Mordecai (Est 2:5)
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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)