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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

Mentioned in Ezra 10:32, 10:41 1 Chronicles 12:6 2 Chronicles 11:19

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