Shemer (Hastings' Dictionary)

1. The owner of the hill purchased bv Omri, upon whiili Sa.maria was afterwards built, 1 K 10" iZiixjjp, Luc. IVyn^ijp). Difficulties both etymological and liistorical attach to the statement in the same passage that the name Snvtaria (piY^) ^^'f^s derived from an indi- vidual instead of a chin name (but see Kittel, Kbnige, ad loc), an<l tliat it was first given to the place by Omri (see Stade in ZATW v. (1885) 16011'.). 2. A Merarite, 1 Ch 6»' i"l (Z(p.p.rip). 8. An Asherite, 1 Ch 7" (H Ziixurip, A and Luc. Zu/M-qp), called in v." Shomer (cf. tlie names 'iTierf and 'abed). 4. A Beujaiiiite, 1 Ch 8" (B Ziiijir,p, A Z4nfxvp, Luc. Za/iaiiiX). The Heb. MSS show here some confusion between i and t as the final letter of the name. The AV (Shamed) and RV td2 SHEMIDA SHESHACH (Sheraed) retain the reading of the Geneva version, ■which is based on the Vulg. Samad.