Lexical Definition

‎שָׁמוּר‎ Shâmûwr (shaw-moor') Shamir ^N:N-M-P
passive participle of ‎שִׁמְצָה‎; observed

Shamir (from the margin).

• § Shamer or Shamir = "guardian"
• Shamur, an Israelite

1) a Levite of the sons of Michah in the time of David

Extended Information

• A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.24.24
• son of: Micah (מִיכָה)
• Also named: sha.mir (‎ש‎ָׁ‎מ‎ִ‎יר‎ "Shamir" שָׁמִיר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שָׁמִיר

III. ‎שָׁמִיר‎ proper name, masculine Levite, 1Chr 24:24 Qr, Σαμηρ, Σεμμηρ (Kt ‎שמור‎).

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