שִׁלֵּמִי

shilemi · Shillemite

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8016 · appears 1 time in the Bible

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What it means

shilemi (שִׁלֵּמִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Shillemite”.

A descendant of Shillem, of the tribe of Naphtali.

How to say it

shi·le·mi

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A family of the tribe of Naphtali, descended from his son Shillem.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Numbers 26:49

    of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.