Word Study · Strong's H8048 · Hebrew
שַׁמָּה
Shammah
sham-maw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shammâh
“Shammah, the name of an Edomite and four Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shammah, the name of an Edomite and four Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Shammah.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- שַׁמָּה֙2
- שַׁמָּ֣ה1
- שַׁמָּ֖ה1
- שַׁמָּ֑ה1
- שַׁמָּ֥ה1
- שַׁמָּֽה׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- Shammah6
- [was] Shammah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- proper noun (a name)7
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- HNpm · 7
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Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 36:13שַׁמָּ֣הshamahproper noun (a name)These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.here: Shammah
- Genesis 36:17שַׁמָּ֖הshamahproper noun (a name)These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.here: Shammah
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 16:9שַׁמָּ֑הshamahproper noun (a name)Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”here: Shammah
- 1 Samuel 17:13שַׁמָּֽה׃shamahproper noun (a name)The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.here: [was] Shammah
2 Samuel2 occurrences
Same headword in Strong's