How to Pronounce Shammai
SHAM-eye
Shammai is pronounced SHAM-eye (ˈʃæmaɪ): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Shammai mean?
Shammai means “my name; my desolations”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Shammai?
Shammai is the name of three men in the genealogies of Judah in 1 Chronicles: a son of Onam in the line of Jerahmeel, whose sons were Nadab and Abishur (1 Chronicles 2:28), a son of Rekem and father of Maon in the line of Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:44), and a son named in the family of Mered (1 Chronicles 4:17).
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