Difference between revisions of "Shemer"

<p> <strong> [[Shemer]] </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . The owner of the hill purchased by [[Omri]] (&nbsp; 1 Kings 16:24 ). <strong> 2 </strong> . A [[Merarite]] (&nbsp; 1 Chronicles 6:31 (46)). <strong> 3 </strong> . An [[Asherite]] (&nbsp; 1 Chronicles 7:34 , called in &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 7:32 <strong> Shomer). 4 </strong> . A [[Benjamite]] (&nbsp; 1 Chronicles 8:12 ). The Heb. MSS show here some confusion between <em> r </em> and <em> d </em> as the final letter of the name. The AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ( <strong> [[Shamed]] </strong> ) and RV [Note: Revised Version.] ( <strong> [[Shemed]] </strong> ) retain the reading of the [[Geneva]] version, which is based on the Vulg. [Note: Vulgate.] <em> Samad </em> . </p>

<p> [[Owner]] of the hill which Omri bought for two silver talents. On it Omri built [[Samaria]] (Shomeron , Hebrew), named from Shemer [[Shomer]] , the form in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:32, answers better to the name Shomeron than Shemer (&nbsp;1 Kings 16:24). </p>

<p> '''She'mer.''' ''(Preserved).'' The owner of the hill, on which the city of Samaria was built. &nbsp;1 Kings 16:24. (B.C. 917). ''See '' [[Samaria]] ''.'' </p>

<p> ''''' shē´mer ''''' ( שׁמר , <i> ''''' shemer ''''' </i> ; Σέμηρ , <i> ''''' Sémēr ''''' </i> , Lucian, Σέμμηρ , <i> ''''' Sémmēr ''''' </i> ): </p> <p> (1) The owner of the hill which Omri bought and which became the site of Samaria (&nbsp;1 Kings 16:24 , שׁמרון , <i> '''''shōmerōn''''' </i> ). Shemer may be an ancient clan name. The fact, however, that the mountain was called Shomeron when Omri bought it makes one doubt that the city of Samaria was named after Shemer; the passage is questionable. The real etymology of Samaria roots it in "watch mountain" (see Stade, <i> Zeitschrift </i> , 165 f). </p> <p> (2) A M erarite (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:46 (31), Σέμμηρ , <i> '''''Sémmēr''''' </i> ). </p> <p> (3) An Asherite (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:34 , A and Lucian, Σώμηρ , <i> '''''Sṓmēr''''' </i> ), called "Shomer" in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:32 . </p> <p> (4) A B enjamite (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 8:12 , Codex Vaticanus Σήμηρ , <i> '''''Sḗmēr''''' </i> ; Codex Alexandrinus Σέμμηρ , <i> '''''Sémmēr''''' </i> ; Lucian, Σαμαιήλ , <i> '''''Samaiḗl''''' </i> ); the Revised Version (British and American) "Shemed," the King James Version "Shamed." </p> <p> The [[Hebrew]] manuscripts differ; some read "Shemer," others "Shemedh." </p>

<p> (Heb. id.; שֶׁמֶר '','' something ''Kept, As Lees'' of wine; Sept. Σεμήρ; Josephus, Σέμαρος, ''Ant.'' 8:12, 5), the original owner of the hill of Samaria, which derived its name from him. B.C. 917. Omri bought the hill for two talents of silver, and built thereon the city, also called Samaria, which made the capital of his kingdom (Kings 16:24). We should rather have expected that the name of the city would have been ''Shimron,'' for ''Shmeron'' would have been the name given after an owner Shomer. This latter form, which occurs in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 7:32, appears to be that adopted by the [[Vulgate]] and Syriac, which read ''Somer'' and ''Shomir'' respectively; but the [[Vatican]] MS. of the Sept. at that place retains the form "Shomer, " and changes the name of the city to Σεμερών or Σεμηρών . Both names have the same radical meaning, from שָׁמִר, ''To Watch,'' referring, perhaps, by paronomasia, to this conspicuous post of ''Observation.'' (See Samaria). As the [[Israelites]] were prevented by the law (&nbsp;Leviticus 21:23) from thus alienating their inheritances, and as his name occurs without the usual genealogical marks, it is more than probable that Shemmer was descended from those [[Canaanites]] whom the Hebrews had not dispossessed of their lands. </p>

<p> She´mer (lees), the owner of the hill of Samaria, which derived its name from him. Omri bought the hill for two talents of silver, and built thereon the city, also called Samaria, which he made the capital of his kingdom [SAMARIA]. As the Israelites were prevented by the law from thus alienating their inheritances, and as his name occurs without the usual genealogical marks, it is more than probable that Shemer was descended from those Canaanites whom the Hebrews had not dispossessed of their lands. </p>