H8087: שֶׁמַע
Shemaʻ · pronounced sheh'-mah · “Shema”
Definition
Shema, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites
KJV translates it as: Shema.
Word origin: for the same as H8088 (שֵׁמַע);
Extended definition
son of: Hebron (H2275I);
brother of: Korah (H7141J), Tappuah (H8599A) and Rekem (H7552I);
father of: Raham (H7357)
§ Shema = "hear"
1) a Reubenite, son of Joel, father of Azaz, and grandfather of Bela
2) a Judaite, son of Hebron and father of Raham
3) a Benjamite, son of Elpaal who along with his brother Beriah were heads of their fathers houses in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. Probably the same as 'Shimhi'
4) an Israelite who stood on the right hand of Ezra as he read the Law to the people
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8087 is translated
- shema ×5
Bible verses with H8087 (Shemaʻ)
Shemaʻ appears in 5 verses.
- 1 Chronicles 2:43
And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
- 1 Chronicles 2:44
And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
- 1 Chronicles 5:8
And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal–meon:
- 1 Chronicles 8:13
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
- Nehemiah 8:4
And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.