H8044

שַׁמְגַּר

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Shamgar

A Judge living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.3.31; son of: Anath (H6067) § Shamgar = "sword" son of Anath and a judge of Israel; with an ox-goad he slew 600 Philistines and delivered Israel

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שַׁמְגַּר proper name, masculine a 'judge,' son of Anath, Judg 3:31; Judg 5:6, Σαμα[ε]γαρ (on this name (Hittite?) compare GFMJudg 3:31; NöZMG xiii (1888), 479 conjecture שׁמגד).


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