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šammūʿa שַׁמּוּעַ ‘Shammua’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from šāmēm שָׁמֵם ‘be desolate’
Roots: שׁמם

šammūʿa pr n m pers
Shammua = "renowned"
1) son of Zaccur and the spy from the tribe of Reuben
2) son of David by his wife Bathsheba
 2a) also 'Shammuah' and 'Shimea'
3) aLevite, son of Galal and father of Abda who lived in Jerusalem after the return from exile in the time of Nehemiah
 3a) also 'Shemaiah'
4) a priest, head of the family of Bilgah in the time of Joiakim after the return from exile

Mentioned in Numbers 13:4 2 Samuel 5:14 Nehemiah 11:17, 12:18 1 Chronicles 14:4

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