Shimri ~ ሺምሪ: watchman / EBD, (1 ዜና 4:37) ... [Related term(s):- Shamer, Shemer, Shimron, Shimron-meron, Shomer]

The name ‘Shimri’ is derived from ‘Shimri’ (ሽህ መሪ) ፥ the meaning is ‘leader of a multitude’ / Ibid.

See also:- Shimri / ሽምሪ

A Simeonite son of Shemaiah, “And Ziza the son of Shiphi ... the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;” (1 Chr 4:37)

Other people with the same name are: The father of Jediael, one of David’s guards (1 Chr 11:45); A Kohathite Levite in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Chr 29:13)
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ሺምሪ ~Shimri: ሽህ መሪ፣ የሽህ አለቃ፣ የሽህ ሰዎች አዛዥ ማለት ነው [ተዛማጅ ስሞች- ሳሜንር፣ ሽምሪ፣ ሺምሮን፣ ሺምሮን ሚሮን፣ ሾሜር]

‘ሽህ’ እና ’መሪ’ ከሚሉ ቃላት የመጣ  ስም ነው።

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ ሦስት ሰዎች አሉ።

1.                  የሸማያ ልጅ፥ “የሺፊ ልጅ ዚዛ፥ የአሎን ልጅ የይዳያ ልጅ የሺምሪ ልጅ የሸማያ ልጅ” (1 ዜና 4:37)

2.                  የኤሊጸፋ ልጅ፥ (2 ዜና 29:13)

·                     የይድኤል አባት፥ “የሽምሪ ልጅ ይድኤል፥ ወንድሙም ይድኤል፥ ወንድሙም ቲዳዊው ዮሐ፥” (1 ዜና 11:45)