Lexical Definition

‎שַׁמַּי‎ Shammay (sham-mah'-ee) Shammai ^N:N-M-P
from ‎שַׁמְלַי‎; destructive

Shammai.

• § Shammai = "desolate"
• Shammai, the name of three Israelites

1) a Judaite, son of Onam and descendant of Jerahmeel
2) a Judaite, son of Rekem, father of Maon, and descendant of Jerahmeel's brother, Caleb
3) a Judaite, son of Mered and brother of Miriam and Ishbah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שַׁמַּי‎ proper name, masculine in Judah:

1. 1Chr 2:28 (twice in verse); 1Chr 2:32, Σαμ(μ)αι, etc.

2. 1Chr 2:44; 1Chr 2:45 Σαμαι

3. 1Chr 4:17, Σεμεν, Σεμμαι, Σαμι.

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