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H8060 · שַׁמַּי

Shammay

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

Shammai, the name of three Israelites

KJV gloss list in the source

Shammai.

Source pronunciation notation: sham-mah'-ee

Derivation recorded by Strong

from H8073 (שַׁמְלַי); destructive;

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