šᵊmaryāhū שְׁמַרְיָ֫הוּ ‘Shamariah’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
from šāmar שָׁמַר ‘to keep’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots:
שׁמר
יה
šᵊmaryāhū pr n m pers
Shemariah = "kept by Jehovah"
1) a Benjamite, one of David's mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag
2) a son of king Rehoboam of Judah
3) an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
4) an Israelite of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra