שמעון

Hebrew

Etymology

From שָׁמַע‎ (shamá', “to hear, listen”).

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/

Proper noun

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

a male given name
Simeon, Simon (any of several Biblical figures).

Descendants

→ Arabic: شمعون‎ (šamʕūn)

→ Arabic: سمعان‎ (smʕan)

→ Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ‎ (šamʿun)
→ Ancient Greek: Σῠμεών (Sumeṓn)

References

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

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