שמעון

Hebrew

Etymology

Traditionally 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".

Pronunciation

• (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

שִׁמְעוֹן • (shim'ón) m [pattern: קִטְלוֹן]

1. a male given name, Shimon, equivalent to English Simon
2. Simeon, Simon (any of several Biblical figures).
   1. (biblical) Simeon (second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah)

Descendants

• → Arabic: شمعون (šamʕūn)
• → Arabic: سمعان (simʕān)
• → Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ (šemʿōn)
• → Ancient Greek: Σῠμεών (Sumeṓn), Σίμων (Símōn)

References

• H8095 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible