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H8106A

שֶׁ֫מֶר

she.merN:N-M-P

Shemer

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.16.24 § Shemer or Shamer = "preserved" 1) the owner of the hill where the city of Samaria was built 2) a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and father of Bani 3) an Asherite, son of Heber and father of Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. Also 'Shomer'

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

שָׁ֑מֶד proper name, masculine 1Chr 8:12 Gi Baer, see שֶׁמֶר

I. שֶׁ֫מֶר proper name, masculine (properly clan-name, compare StaZAW v (1885). 166 f., compare Sabean שמר Os13, but Northern Aramaic DHMZMG xxxvii (1885), 14 SabDenkm30); — Σεμ(μ)ηρ, etc.:

1. ׳שׁ original owner of hill where Samaria was built 1Kgs 16:24 (twice in verse).
2. שָׁ֑מֶר
  a. Levite 1Chr 6:31.
  b. in Asher 1Chr 7:34, A ᵐ5L Σωμηρ; = שֹׁמֵר v1Chr 7:32.
  c. in Benjamin 1Chr 8:12 van d. H.; > שֶׁטֶד q. v.

II. [שֶׁ֫מֶר] noun masculineIsa 25:6 only plural lees, dregs (figurative); — absolute שְׁמָרִים Isa 25:6 (twice in verse) (in both = wine matured by resting undisturbed on the lees); suffix שֹׁקֵט הוּא אֶלשְֿׁמָרָיו Jer 48:11 (of Moab's undisturbed life), compare (of careless men) הַקֹּפְאִים עַלֿ שִׁמְרֵיהֶם Zeph 1:12 שְׁמָרֶיהָ Ps 75:9 (of ׳י's cup of judgment). 1. שֶׂ֫מֶר

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