שמעון
Hebrew
editEtymology
editTraditionally derived from שָׁמַע (shamá', “to hear, listen”).
Alternatively, Hitzig, W. R. Smith, Stade, and Kerber compare it to Arabic سِمع (“the offspring of the hyena and the female wolf”); as supports, Smith points to Arabic tribal names Simˤ "a subdivision of the defenders (the Medinites)" and Samˤān "a subdivision of Tamim".[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃimˈ(ʔ)on/, /ˈʃimon/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈʃɪmən/
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʃimˈʕon/
- (Yemenite) IPA(key): /ʃimˈʕœn/
- (Tiberian Hebrew, biblical) IPA(key): /ʃimˈʕoːn/
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Proper noun
editשִׁמְעוֹן • (shim'ón) m [pattern: קִטְלוֹן]
- a male given name, Shimon, equivalent to English Simon
- Simeon, Simon (any of several Biblical figures).
Descendants
edit- → Arabic: شمعون (šamʕūn)
- → Arabic: سمعان (simʕān)
- → Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ (šemʿōn)
- → Ancient Greek: Σῠμεών (Sumeṓn), Σίμων (Símōn)