Lexical Definition

‎זִמְרִי‎ Zimrîy (zim-ree') Zimri ^N:N-M-P
from ‎זָמַר‎; musical

Zimri.

• § Zimri = "my music"
• Zimri, the name of five Israelites, and of an Arabian tribe

n pr m
1) the son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas with the Midianitish princess Cozbi
2) 5th king of the northern kingdom, murderer of the king, Elah, who reigned for 7 days before he killed himself by setting the palace on fire and was replaced by the general of the army, Omri
3) one of the five sons of Zerah and grandson of Judah
4) son of Jehoadah and descendant of Saul
5) an obscure name mentioned in connection with 'the mingled people' in Jeremiah; may be same as 'Zimran'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎זִמְרִי‎ proper name, masculine ᵐ5 Ζαμβρ(ε)ι —

1. a Simeonite Num 25:14 (P).

2. grandson of Judah 2Chr 2:6* (app. = ‎זַבְדִּי‎ Josh 7:1 q. v.)

3. king of Israel before Omri 1Kgs 16:9; 1Kgs 16:10; 1Kgs 16:12; 1Kgs 16:15; 1Kgs 16:16; 1Kgs 16:18; 1Kgs 16:20; 2Kgs 9:31.

4. a Benjamite 1Chr 8:36 (twice in verse) = 1Chr 9:42 (twice in verse).

II. ‎זִמְרִי‎ proper name, of a people or patr., only ‎׳‎‎מַלְכֵי ז‎ Jer 25:25 (+ ‎מלכי עֵילָם‎ and ‎מלכי מָדָ֑י‎); = Σεμβρῖται in Ethiopia (Strabo^{xvii, i. 786}) ? compare Gf; omitted by ᵐ5; interpolation according to Kue Gie.

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