Lexical Definition

‎שִׁמְעִי‎ Shimʻîy (shim-ee') Shimei ^N:N-M-P
from ‎שֵׁמַע‎; famous

Shimeah (from the margin), Shimei, Shimhi, Shimi.

• § Shimei or Shimhi or Shimi or Shimea = "renowned"
• Shimi, the name of twenty Israelites

1) a Benjamite, son of Gera of the house of Saul in the time of David
2) a Benjamite, son of Elah and commissariat officer in the time of Solomon
3) the Ramathite in charge of the vineyards of David
4) son of Gershon and grandson of Levi
5) a Levite, son of Jeduthun and chief of the 10th division of singers in the time of David
6) a Levite of the sons of Heman who took part in the purification of the temple in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah
7) a Levite, brother of Cononiah in charge of receiving the tithes and offerings in the reign of king Hezekiah of Judah
8) a Levite who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
9) a Judaite, son of Pedaiah and brother of Zerubbabel
10) a Simeonite, son of Zacchur
11) a Reubenite, son of Gog and father of Micah
12) one of the sons of Hashum who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
13) one of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
14) a Benjamite, son of Kish, father of Jair, and grandfather of Mordecai in the time of Esther
15) a Levite, son of Jahath, grandson of Gershon, and great grandson of Levi
16) Benjamite, father of Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath. Spelled 'Shimhi'

See Greek: Σεμεΐ

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.23

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: שֶׁמַע | שִׁמְעָא

I. ‎שִׁמְעִי‎₄₃ proper name, masculine usually Σευεει:

1. in Benjamin:
a. 2Sam 16:5; 2Sam 16:7; 2Sam 16:13; 2Sam 19:17*; 2Sam 19:19*; 2Sam 19:22*; 2Sam 19:24*, 1Kgs 2:8 + 10 t. 1Kgs 2.
b. 1Kgs 1:8, perhaps = 1Kgs 4:18.

2. a Ramathite 1Chr 27:27.

3. Levites: a. 'son' of Gershon Exod 6:17; Num 3:18; 1Chr 6:2*; 1Chr 23:7; 1Chr 23:9; 1Chr 23:10 (twice in verse)
b. 1Chr 6:14*.
c. v.1Chr 6:27*. d 1Chr 25:17.
e. 2Chr 29:14. feminine 2Chr 31:12; 2Chr 31:13.
g. Ezra 10:23.

4. brother of Zerubbabel 1Chr 3:19. 5 in Simeon 1Chr 4:26; 1Chr 4:27.

6. in Reuben 1Chr 5:4.

7. 1Chr 8:13 = (II.) ‎שֶׁמַע‎ v1Chr 8:13.

8. post-exilic names:
a. Ezra 10:33.
b. vEzra 10:38 (compare 3 g above).

9. grandfather of Mordecai Esth 2:5.

10. 2Sam 21:21 Kt (Qr ‎שִׁמְעָא‎ q. v.

1.).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book	Refs
Exodus	6:17
Numbers	3:18
2 Samuel	16:5 · 16:7 · 16:13 · 19:17* · 19:19* · 19:22* · 19:24* · 21:21
1 Kings	1:8 · Chapter 2 · 2:8 · 4:18
1 Chronicles	3:19 · 4:26 · 4:27 · 5:4 · 6:2* · 6:14* · 6:27* · 8:13 · 23:7 · 23:9 · 23:10 · 25:17 · 27:27
2 Chronicles	29:14 · 31:12 · 31:13
Ezra	10:23 · 10:33 · 10:38
Esther	2:5

Profile

Male • Returned divorcee • Levite who married a foreign wife during the exile.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Shimei was a Levite who had married a foreign wife during the Babylonian exile and agreed to send her away.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.23;
• only referred to as Shimei שִׁמְעִי.

Shimei is mentioned in Ezra 10:23 as one of the Levites who had married foreign women during the Babylonian exile. After the return to Jerusalem, Ezra the scribe led a religious reform that required the Israelites to separate themselves from their foreign wives to maintain the purity of the nation. Shimei, along with several other Levites, priests, and leaders, was found to have married a foreign woman. As part of the reform, Shimei agreed to send away his foreign wife and children, demonstrating his commitment to following God's law and maintaining the religious and cultural identity of the Israelites.

All entries for Shimei: שִׁמְעִי