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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - שִׁמְעָא
שִׁמְעָא
H8092
Transliteration: Shimʻâʼ
Pronunciation: shim-aw'
Definition: Shimea
Original: שׁמעא Transliteration: shim‛â' Phonetic: shim-aw'
BDB Definition:
Shimea = "fame"- son of David by Bathsheba
- brother of David, the 3rd son of Jesse
- also 'Shammah', 'Shimma', and 'Shimeah'
- a Gershonite Levite, father of Berachiah, and grandfather of Asaph
- a Merarite Levite, son of Uzzah, and father of Haggiah