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Shimei
Shimei (Hebrew: שִׁמְעִי Shim‘i) is the name of a number of persons referenced in the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinical literature. The second son of Gershon and grandson of Levi (Exodus 6:17; Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 6:17). The family of the Shimeites, as a branch of the tribe of Levi, is mentioned in Numbers 3:18, 21; 1 Chronicles 23:7, 10, 11 ("Shimei" in verse 9 could be a scribal error); and in Zechariah 12:13. In the New Testament the name occurs in Luke 3:26, spelled Semei in the King James Version. A Benjamite of Bahurim, son of Gera, "a man of the family of the house of Saul" (2 Samuel 16:5-14, 19:16-23; 1 Kings 2:8-9, 36-46). He is mentioned as one of David's tormentors during his flight before Absalom, and as imploring and winning David's forgiveness when the latter returned. David, however, in his dying charge to Solomon, bade him avenge the insult (1 Kings 2:9). A brother of David, called also Shammah, Shimeah, and Shimea (1 Samuel 16:9; 17:13; 2 Samuel 13:3; 21:21; 1 Chronicles 2:13; 20:7) A friend of King David mentioned in 1 Kings 1:8 Son of Elah, one of Solomon's prefects, over the district of Benjamin (1 Kings 4:18) A grandson of Jeconiah and brother of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:19) A grandson of Simeon, who is described as the father of sixteen sons and six daughters, and whose clan dwelt in Judea (1 Chronicles 4:26, 27) A Reubenite (1 Chronicles 5:4) Levites (1 Chronicles 6:29, 42; 25:17; 2 Chronicles 29:14; 31:12, 13) A Benjamite chief who had nine sons (1 Chronicles 8:21, R. V.; comp. ib. v. 13) "The Ramathite," one of David's officers (1 Chronicles 27:27) A Levite and other Israelites whom Ezra required to put away their foreign wives (Ezra 10:23, 33, 38) Grandfather of Mordecai (Esther 2:5).
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Shimei in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Shimei in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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