Lexical Summary Shumathi: a family of Kiriath-jearim Original Word: שֻׁמָתִיTransliteration: Shumathi Phonetic Spelling: (shoo-maw-thee') Part of Speech: Proper Name Short Definition: a family of Kiriath-jearim Meaning: Shumathites -- a Shumathite Strong's Concordance Shumathites Patronymically from an unused name from shuwm probably meaning garlic-smell; a Shumathite (collectively) or descendants of Shumah -- Shumathites. see HEBREW shuwm Brown-Driver-Briggs H8126. Shumathi [שֻׁמָה] proper name, masculine whence שֻׁמָתִי adjective, of a people in Caleb, with article as collective noun ׳הַשּׁ 1 Chronicles 2:53; Ησαμαθειμ[ν], δ Σαμαθι. שׁמה (apparently √ of following; Sta§324 a.; so Thes, compare Arabic be high, lofty (or is this secondary?); JenKosmol. (1890), 6 compare Assyrian šamû, id. (>šamû = sparkle, IdZK ii (1885), 53); compare DlWB). |
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