Lexical Definition

‎שְׁמַרְיָה‎ Shᵉmaryâh (shem-ar-yaw') Shemariah ^N:N-M-P
or שְׁמַרְיָהוּ Shᵉmaryâhûw (shem-ar-yaw'-hoo); from ‎שָׁמַר‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has guarded

Shamariah, Shemariah.

• § Shemariah = "kept by Jehovah"
• Shemarjah, the name of four Israelites

1) a Benjamite, one of David's mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag
2) a son of king Rehoboam of Judah
3) an Israelite of the sons of Harim who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
4) an Israelite of the sons of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.41

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שְׁמַרְיָ֫ה(וּׅ‎ proper name, masculine (‎׳‎‎י‎ has kept, preserved); — Σαμαρ(ε)ια(ς):

1. ‎יָ֫הוּ‎- a hero of David 1Chr 12:6* (van d. H. v.1Chr 12:5). Elsewhere ‎יָה‎-:

2. son of Rehoboam 2Chr 11:19.

3. contemporaries of Ezra:
a. Ezra 10:32.
b. vEzra 10:41.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Profile

Male • Returned divorcee • Israelite who married a foreign woman

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Shemariah, another Israelite who was among those who had married foreign women during the exile.

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.41;
• only referred to as Shemariah שְׁמַרְיָה.

Shemariah is mentioned in Ezra 10:41 as another Israelite who had married a foreign woman during the Babylonian exile. This verse is part of a list of men who had taken foreign wives, which was a significant issue addressed by Ezra after the return of the exiles to Jerusalem. Ezra called for the people to separate themselves from their foreign wives and children to preserve the identity and religious purity of the Jewish community. Shemariah, like the other men on this list, agreed to put away his foreign wife in compliance with Ezra's instruction.

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