Lexical Definition

‎שֶׁלֶמְיָה‎ Shelemyâh (shel-em-yaw') Shelemiah ^N:N-M-P
or שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ Shelemyâhûw (shel-em-yaw'-hoo); from ‎שֶׁלֶם‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; thankoffering of Jah

Shelemiah.

• § Shelemiah = "repaid by Jehovah"
• Shelemjah, the name of nine Israelites

1) a son of Bani who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra
2) another son of Bani who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra
3) father of Hananiah who repaired part of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
4) a priest in the time of Nehemiah in charge of the treasury
5) father of Jehucal or Jucal in the time of Zedekiah
6) Levite upon whom the lot for the East Gate fell; in the time of David
6a) also 'Meshelemiah' and 'Shallum'
7) father of Nethaniah and grandfather of Jehudi, who was the messenger sent to Baruch the scribe of Jeremiah
8) son of Abdeel and one the men commanded by king Jehoiakim of Judah to seize the prophet Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch
9) father of Irijah, the captain of the guard who arrested Jeremiah

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.39

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שַׁלּוּם

‎שֶׁלֶמְיָה(וּׅ‎

proper name, masculine 1. Jeremiah's time; Σελεμιου (genitive):
a. ‎יָ֫הוּ‎- Jer 36:14.
b. ‎י֫הוּ‎ vJer 36:26.
c. ‎יָה‎- Jer 37:3, ‎יָהוּ‎- Jer 38:1.
d. ‎יָה‎-

2. Levite, ‎יָהוּ‎- 1Chr 26:14, τῷ Σαλαμεια, etc., = ‎שַׁלּוּם‎ 12 a, q. v.

3. post-exilic names:
a. ‎יָה‎- Neh 3:30, Τελεμια(ς), ᵐ5^L Σελ'.
b. ‎יָה‎- Neh 13:13, priest, Σελεμια(ς) ( = c or d ?).
c. ‎יָה‎- Ezra 10:39, Σελεμια.
d. ‎יָהוּ‎- vEzra 10:41, ᵐ5 id.

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Male • Returned divorcee • Israelite who married a foreign wife

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Shelemiah, an Israelite who married a foreign wife during the time of Ezra.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.39;
• only referred to as Shelemiah שֶׁלֶמְיָה.

Shelemiah is mentioned in Ezra 10:39 as one of the Israelites who had married foreign women during the time of Ezra. After the return from Babylonian exile, Ezra led a reform to purify the community and separate from foreign influences. As part of this reform, the Israelites who had married foreign wives were required to send them away. Shelemiah was among those who agreed to do so, but no further details are given about his life or family.

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