H8098

שְׁמַעְיָה

Shᵉmaʻyâh · shem-aw-yaw'

Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites

Lexicon

Derivation: or שְׁמַעְיָהוּ; from H8085 (שָׁמַע) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has heard;

Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Shemaiah.

Letters

שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
עAyin70
Picture: an eye
Concrete
eye · spring of water
Extended
to see · to know · experience · to watch
יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
Concrete
hand · arm · work
Extended
a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
Concrete
a man calling out · a window · breath
Extended
behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to see and know › the hand that works › to reveal, behold

To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to see and know of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שְׁמַעְיָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

41 occurrences · 41 OT · 0 NT · 34 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

shemaiah13 · 32%
of shemaiah10 · 24%
and shemaiah6 · 15%
came to shemaiah2 · 5%
came unto shemaiah1 · 2%
were, shemaiah1 · 2%
also unto shemaiah1 · 2%
even shemaiah1 · 2%
also, and shemaiah1 · 2%
for shemaiah1 · 2%
also shemaiah1 · 2%
to shemaiah1 · 2%
concerning shemaiah1 · 2%
because that shemaiah1 · 2%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה4שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה2שְׁמַעְיָ֗ה2שְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה2שְׁמַֽעְיָ֗ה2שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה׀1וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה1וּשְׁמַֽעְיָ֨הוּ1שְׁמַֽעְיָ֣ה1וּֽשְׁמַעְיָ֑ה1שְֽׁמַעְיָ֡ה1שְׁמַעְיָ֥ה1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.