šimʿōn שִׁמְעוֹן ‘Simeon’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: from šāmaʿ שָׁמַע ‘to hear’
Roots: שׁמע

šimʿōn pr n m pers
Simeon or Shimeon = "heard"
1) the 2nd son of Jacob by his wife Leah and progenitor of the tribe of Simeon
2) an Israelite of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra