Lexical Definition

‎שֶׁמֶר‎ Shemer (sheh'-mer) Shemer ^N:N-M-P
the same as ‎שֶׁמֶר‎

Shamer, Shemer.

• § Shemer or Shamer or Shamed = "preserved"
• Shemer, the name of three Israelites

1) the owner of the hill where the city of Samaria was built
2) a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and father of Bani
3) an Asherite, son of Heber and father of Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. Also 'Shomer'
4) a Benjamite, son of Elpaal and builder of the towns of Ono and Lod

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.16.24

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁ֑מֶד‎ proper name, masculine 1Chr 8:12 Gi Baer, see ‎שֶׁמֶר‎

Also see: שׁוֹמֵר

I. ‎שֶׁ֫מֶר‎ proper name, masculine (properly clan-name, compare Sta^{ZAW v (1885). 166 f.}, compare Sabean ‎שמר‎ Os¹³, but Northern Aramaic DHM^{ZMG xxxvii (1885), 14} SabDenkm³⁰); — Σεμ(μ)ηρ, etc.:

1. ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ original owner of hill where Samaria was built 1Kgs 16:24 (twice in verse).

2. ‎שָׁ֑מֶר‎
a. Levite 1Chr 6:31*.
b. in Asher 1Chr 7:34, A ᵐ5^L Σωμηρ; = ‎שֹׁמֵר‎ v1Chr 7:32.
c. in Benjamin 1Chr 8:12 van d. H.; > ‎שֶׁטֶד‎ q. v.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Original owner of Samaria

Man living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Shemer, the original owner of the hill of Samaria, which Omri bought from him.

• A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.16.24;
• only referred to as Shemer שֶׁמֶר.

Shemer was the original owner of the hill of Samaria, which would later become the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel. According to 1 Kings 16:24, Omri, the king of Israel, bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver. Omri then built a city on the hill and named it Samaria, after Shemer, the previous owner of the land. This transaction marked the establishment of a new capital for the northern kingdom, which would play a significant role in the history of Israel. Apart from this land sale, no other information is provided about Shemer's life or background.

All entries for Shemer: שֶׁמֶר