שֹׁמְרוֹן

שֹׁמְרוֺן₁₀₉ proper name, of a location capital of Northern Israel from Omri's time (belonging to clan שֶׁמֶר, Sta^{ZAW v (1885), 165-175}; originally שַׁמְרוֺן or שַׁמְרַיִן; Assyrian Samerina COT^{1 Kong 16,24}); — ׳שׁ 1 Kong 16,24 (name explanation as from שֶׁמֶר, originally owner of site), v1 Kong 16,28 v1 Kong 16,29 v1 Kong 16,32; 1 Kong 20,1; 1 Kong 20,10 +; שֹׁמְר֫וֺנָה 1 Kong 20,43; 2 Kong 6,19; 2 Kong 14,14 personified as woman Ezk 16,46; Ezk 16,51; Ezk 16,53; Ezk 16,55; Ezk 23,4; Ezk 23,33 king of Northern Israel is ׳מֶלֶךְ שׁ 1 Kong 21,1; 2 Kong 1,3 ׳אֲשֶׁר בְּשׁ 1 Kong 21,18, compare ׳בְּשׁ ׳מָלַךְ עַליִֿשׂ 1 Kong 22,52 + 9 t.; thence name of territory, ׳שְׂדֵה שׁ Ob 1,19, ׳עָרֵי שׁ 1 Kong 13,32 (point of view of later editor), 2 Kong 17,24; 2 Kong 17,26; 2 Kong 23,19 ׳הָרֵי שׁ Amos 3,9; Jer 31,5, — compare ׳הַושֿׁ Amos 4,1; Amos 6,1; 1 Kong 16,24 perhaps ׳שׁ alone Jer 23,13; Jer 1,2; Jer 2,24; 2 Kong 7,28; 2 Kron 25,13 ׳חֵיל שׁ Neh 3,34. — ᵐ5 usually Σαμαρεια, but 1 Kong 16,24 Σεμερω, Σαεμερων, Σομορων; = modern Sebastieh; see GASm ^{G 346 ff.} Buhl^{G 207 f.} Cowley^{Ency. Bib. under the word} Wilson^{Hast. DB under the word} .