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Sh'maya is a Hebrew from "shem" and "aya": Sky, figuratively, the height or farthest extent of anything. From the particle shem, deriving from the ancient Semitic root ShM -name, light, sound, vibration, atmosphere. The -aya ending indicates that it is without limit. Another more common meaning is "Listen to God". It has been referred to otherwise as:

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  • Sh'maya is a Hebrew from "shem" and "aya": Sky, figuratively, the height or farthest extent of anything. From the particle shem, deriving from the ancient Semitic root ShM -name, light, sound, vibration, atmosphere. The -aya ending indicates that it is without limit. Another more common meaning is "Listen to God". It has been referred to otherwise as:
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  • Sh'maya is a Hebrew from "shem" and "aya": Sky, figuratively, the height or farthest extent of anything. From the particle shem, deriving from the ancient Semitic root ShM -name, light, sound, vibration, atmosphere. The -aya ending indicates that it is without limit. Another more common meaning is "Listen to God". It has been referred to otherwise as: * Sh'maya, a rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in the 1st century BC * in the Hebrew Bible/Christian Old Testament: * Shemaiah, a prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (I Kings 12:22-24) * Neh. 3:29 * a Simeonite (I Chr. 4:37) * a priest (Neh. 12:42) * a Levite (I Chr. 9:16) * I Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15 * a Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his brethren took part in the bringing up of the ark from Obed-edom to Hebron (I Chr. 15:8) * a reference to Moses the Levite (I Chr. 24:6) * the eldest son of Obed-edom (I Chr. 26:4-8) * a Levite (II Chr. 29:14) * a false prophet who hindered the rebuilding of Jerusalem (Neh. 6:10) * a prince of Judah who assisted at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 12:34-36) * Nehelamite (Dweller of Nehelam) The designation of Shemaiah, a false prophet who went with the captives to Babylon and who opposed Jeremiah (Jer. 29:24, 31-32). * one of the Levites whom Jehoshaphat appointed to teach the law (II Chr. 17:8) * a Levite appointed to "distribute the oblations of the Lord" (II Chr. 31:15) * a Levite (II Chr. 35:9) * the father of Urijah the prophet (Jer. 26:20) * the father of a prince in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:12)
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