שמעון
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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".[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[edit]
שִׁמְעוֹן • (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)