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šāmīr שָׁמִיר ‘Shamir’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: the same as šāmīr שָׁמִיר ‘thorn’
Roots: שׁמיר

šāmīr pr n loc
Shamir = "a point" or "thorn"
n pr loc
1) a town in the mountain district of Judah
2) a town in Ephraim where the judge Tola lived and was buried

Mentioned in Joshua 15:48 Judges 10:1, 10:2

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