Lexical Definition

‎שֶׁמַע‎ Shemaʻ (sheh'-mah) Shema ^N:N-M-P
for the same as ‎שֵׁמַע‎

Shema.

• § Shema = "hear"
• Shema, the name of a place in Palestine and of four Israelites

n pr m
1) a Reubenite, son of Joel, father of Azaz, and grandfather of Bela
2) a Judaite, son of Hebron and father of Raham
3) a Benjamite, son of Elpaal who along with his brother Beriah were heads of their fathers houses in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. Probably the same as 'Shimhi'
4) an Israelite who stood on the right hand of Ezra as he read the Law to the people

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.8.4

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שִׁמְעִי

II. ‎שֶׁ֫מַע‎ proper name, masculine usually Σαμα(α), Σεμαα (compare Sabean proper name ‎סמע‎ Hal⁵⁰⁹); —

1. in Judah 1Chr 2:44, ‎שָׁ֑מַע‎ v1Chr 2:43.

2. in Reuben 1Chr 5:8.

3. in Benjamin 1Chr 8:13 (= ‎שִׁמְעִי‎ v1Chr 8:21).

4. post-exilic Neh 8:4, Σαμαιας.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned leader • Stood beside Ezra during the reading of the Law

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Shema, one of the men who stood beside Ezra during the public reading of the Law.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.8.4;
• only referred to as Shema שֶׁמַע.

Shema is mentioned in Nehemiah 8:4 as one of the men who stood beside Ezra the scribe when he read the Book of the Law to the people in Jerusalem. The event took place during the Feast of Tabernacles after the Israelites had returned from Babylonian exile. Shema, along with several others, was stationed on a wooden platform with Ezra as he read and explained the Law to the assembled people.

All entries for Shema: שֶׁמַע