Shimron-meron ~ ሺምሮን: the same, probably, as Shimron / ESB, (ኢያ 12:20) ... [Related term(s):- Shamer, Shemer, Shimri, Shimron, Shomer]

The name ‘Shimron-meron’ is derived from ‘Shimri’ (ሽህምራን)፥ the meaning is ‘lead thousands’ / Ibid.

The king of Shimron-meron is mentioned as one of the thirty-one kings vanquished by Joshua, “The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;” (Jos 12:20)
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ሺምሮን ~Shimron, Shimron-meron : ሽህ መራን፣ የሽህ አለቃ፣ የህዝብ ጠባቂ፣ የብዙዎች አስተዳዳሪ ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስሞች- ሳሜንር፣ ሺምሪ፣ ሽምሪ፣ ሺምሮን ሚሮን፣ ሾሜር]

‘ሽህ’ እና ‘መሪ’ ከሚሉ ቃላት የመጣ ስም ነው።

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ አንድ ሰውና አንድ ቦታ አሉ።

1.                  የያቆብ ልጅ የይሳኮር ልጅ፥ “የይሳኮርም ልጆች ቶላ፥ ፉዋ፥ ዮብ፥ ሺምሮን።” (ዘፍ 46:13)

2.                  የቦታ ስም፥ “... ወደ ሺምሮንም ንጉሥ...” (ኢያ 11:1፣ 19:15)፣ “የአሶር ንጉሥ፥ የሺምሮን ሚሮን ንጉሥ” (ኢያ 12:20)