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Shammai
SHAMMAI (shăm'ā-ī, Heb. shammay, contraction of shema‘yâ, Jehovah has heard). The name of three descendants of Judah:
1. A son of Onam, who was the son of Jerahmeel by Atarah; father of Nadab and Abishur (
2. A son of Rekem and father of Maon (
3. A descendant of Ezrah (
SHAMMAI shăm’ ī (שַׁמַּ֣י). 1. A Jerahmeelite from Judah (
2. A descendant of Caleb of Judah (
3. A descendant of Judah; the son of Mered by his wife Bithiah (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
(1) A Jerahmeelite (
(2) The son of Rekem and father of Maon (
(3) A Judahite (