Lexical Definition

‎שָׁמִיר‎ Shâmîyr (shaw-meer') Shamir ^N:N--L
the same as ‎שָׁמִיר‎

Shamir. Compare ‎שָׁמוּר‎.

• § Shamir = "a point" or "thorn"
• Shamir, the name of two places in Palestine

n pr loc
1) a town in the mountain district of Judah
2) a town in Ephraim where the judge Tola lived and was buried

Extended Information

• a town in Ephraim where the judge Tola lived and was buried

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎שָׁמִיר‎

proper name, of a location 1. in ‎הֵר אֶפְרַיִם‎ Judg 10:1; Judg 10:2, Σαμειρ; A ᵐ5^L Σαφειρ.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Shamir_2 • Issacharite judge who led Israel for 23 years

Shamir, from the hill country of Ephraim, was an Issacharite who judged Israel for 23 years (Judg. 10:1-2).

• A location first mentioned at Jdg.10.1;
• only referred to as Shamir שָׁמִיר.
  

Shamir was a man from the hill country of Ephraim who judged Israel for 23 years (Judg. 10:1-2). He was the son of Puah and a member of the tribe of Issachar. After the death of Abimelech, Shamir arose to save Israel, indicating a time of crisis or oppression from which he delivered the people. He died and was buried in Shamir, his hometown in the hill country of Ephraim. Some scholars propose identifying Shamir with the town of Sanur on the road from Nablus to Jenin, but this remains uncertain as Sanur was likely outside the territory of Issachar. The Septuagint's Codex Alexandrinus reads "Samareia" instead of "Shamir," adding further complexity to the identification of the location.

All entries for Shamir: שָׁמִיר