šimʿāʾ שִׁמְעָא ‘Shimea’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
for šimʿā שִׁמְעָה ‘Shimeah’
Roots:
שׁמעה
šimʿāʾ pr n m pers
Shimea = "fame"
1) son of David by Bathsheba
2) brother of David, the 3rd son of Jesse
2a) also 'Shammah', 'Shimma', and 'Shimeah'
3) a Gershonite Levite, father of Berachiah, and grandfather of Asaph
4) a Merarite Levite, son of Uzzah, and father of Haggiah