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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שֶׁמַע
שֶׁמַע
H8087
Transliteration: Shemaʻ
Pronunciation: sheh'-mah
Definition: Shema
Original: שׁמע Transliteration: shema‛ Phonetic: sheh'-mah
BDB Definition:
Shema = "hear"- a Reubenite, son of Joel, father of Azaz, and grandfather of Bela
- a Judaite, son of Hebron and father of Raham
- a Benjamite, son of Elpaal who along with his brother Beriah were heads of their fathers houses in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. Probably the same as 'Shimhi'
- an Israelite who stood on the right hand of Ezra as he read the Law to the people