Difference between revisions of "Shema"

<p> ''''' shē´ma ''''' ( שׁמע , <i> ''''' shemā‛ ''''' </i> ; Σαμαά , <i> ''''' Samaá ''''' </i> ): A city of Judah in the [[Negeb]] (&nbsp; Joshua 15:26 ). If, as some think, identical with [[Sheba]] (which see) of &nbsp;Joshua 19:2 , then the latter must have been inserted here from &nbsp;Joshua 15:26 . It is noticeable that the root letters (שׁמע , <i> ''''' sh ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' m ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' ‛ ''''' </i> ) were those from which [[Simeon]] is derived. [[Shema]] is probably identical with [[Jeshua]] (&nbsp;Nehemiah 11:26 ). The place was clearly far South, and it may be <i> ''''' Kh ''''' </i> . <i> ''''' Sa‛wah ''''' </i> , a ruin upon a prominent hilltop between <i> ''''' Kh ''''' </i> . <i> ''''' ‛Attı̄r ''''' </i> and <i> ''''' Khirbet ''''' </i> <i> ''''' el ''''' </i> - <i> ''''' Milḥ ''''' </i> . There is a wall around the ruins, of large blocks of conglomerate flint ( <i> PEF </i> , III, 409, Sh Xxv ). </p>