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Simeon, or Shimon is a given name, from the Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (Biblical Šimʿon, Tiberian Šimʿôn). Biblical Hebrew, also called Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of the Hebrew language in which the Hebrew Bible and various Israelite inscriptions Tiberian Hebrew is an extinct (yet very well documented Oral tradition of pronunciation for ancient Hebrew, especially the Hebrew of the Tanakh, that was In Greek, it is written Συμεών, hence the Latinized spelling Symeon.

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Meaning

The name is derived from Simeon, son of Jacob and Leah, patriarch of the Tribe of Simeon. A number of people named Simeon appear in the Bible Simeon (Hebrew Bible, the second son of Jacob Simeon the Righteous, mentioned in Luke 2 Jacob ( Hebrew: יַעֲקֹב, Standard   Yaʿaqov Tiberian   Yaʿăqōḇ; Leah ( "Weary tired" is the first of the four concurrent wives of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob, and mother of six of the Twelve Tribes of Israel along The Tribe of Simeon ( was one of the Tribes of Israel. At its height the territory it occupied was in the southwest of Canaan, bordered on the east and south by The text of Genesis (29:33) argues that the name of Simeon refers to Leah's belief that God had heard that she was hated by Jacob, in the sense of not being as favoured as Rachel. See also Yahweh Tetragrammaton (from the Greek, meaning ' of four letters' (tetra "four" + gramma (gen Rachel (; meaning "ewe" is the second and favorite Wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin, first mentioned in the

כִּי־שָׁמַע יְהוָה כִּי־שְׂנוּאָה אָנֹכִי וַיִּתֶּן־לִי גַּם־אֶת־זֶה וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמֹו שִׁמְעֹון׃
"Because the LORD hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. "

implying a derivation from the Hebrew term shama on, meaning "he has heard"; this is a similar etymology as the Torah gives for the theophoric name Ishmael ("God has heard"; Genesis 16:11), on the basis of which it has been argued that the tribe of Simeon may originally have been an Ishmaelite group (Cheyne and Black, Encyclopedia Biblica). Ishmael ( Hebrew: יִשְׁמָעֵאל, Standard Yišmaʿel Tiberian Yišmāʿêl Arabic: إسماعيل In classical rabbinical sources, the name is sometimes interpreted as meaning "he who listens [to the words of God]" (Genesis Rabbah 61:4), and at other times thought to derive from sham 'in, meaning "there is sin", which is argued to be a prophetic reference to Zimri's sexual miscegenation with a Midianite woman, a type of relationship which rabbinical sources regard as sinful (Jewish Encyclopedia). Rabbinic literature, in its broadest sense can mean the entire spectrum of Rabbinic writings throughout Jewish history Genesis Rabba ( Bereshit Rabba in Hebrew: בראשית רבה) is a religious text from Judaism 's classical period

People called Simeon

Before Christ

Through 700 AD

From 701 AD to 1800 AD

Since 1800 AD

Simeon Krastnikov, a famous Bulgarian rockstar. Simeon Ivanovich Gordyi (the Proud (Семён Иванович Гордый in Russian; ( 7 November 1316 - 27 April 1353) Background Shortly before Simon went missing Bernardo da Feltre, an itinerant Franciscan preacher had delivered a series of sermons in Trent in which he vilified Royal history Simeon is the son of Tsar Boris III and Tsaritsa Giovanna di Savoia.

See also

See also Simeon Simon is a common name from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן Šimʿon, meaning "he has heard" Simone is a female given name derived from Simon, Hebrew Simeon, meaning "one who hears"

Dictionary

Simeon

-proper noun

  1. (Biblical) Second son of Jacob, by his wife Leah.
  2. (Biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Simeon.
  3. A male given name.
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