שַׁמָּה Shammah
Every verse in which this name stands — 7 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
Strong's records this name for an Edomite and four Israelites. The name stands seven times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 36:13 and last at 1 Chronicles 1:37.
וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי רְעוּאֵל נַחַת וָזֶרַח שַׁמָּה וּמִזָּה אֵלֶּה הָיוּ בְּנֵי בָשְׂמַת אֵשֶׁת עֵשָֽׂו
And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath Esau’s wife.
וְאֵלֶּה בְּנֵי רְעוּאֵל בֶּן־עֵשָׂו אַלּוּף נַחַת אַלּוּף זֶרַח אַלּוּף שַׁמָּה אַלּוּף מִזָּה אֵלֶּה אַלּוּפֵי רְעוּאֵל בְּאֶרֶץ אֱדוֹם אֵלֶּה בְּנֵי בָשְׂמַת אֵשֶׁת עֵשָֽׂו
And these are the sons of Reuel Esau’s son: the chief of Nahath, the chief of Zerah, the chief of Shammah, the chief of Mizzah. These are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Basemath Esau’s wife.
וַיַּעֲבֵר יִשַׁי שַׁמָּה וַיֹּאמֶר גַּם־בָּזֶה לֹא־בָחַר יְהוָֽה
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said: ‘Neither hath the LORD chosen this.’
וַיֵּלְכוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת בְּנֵֽי־יִשַׁי הַגְּדֹלִים הָלְכוּ אַחֲרֵי־שָׁאוּל לַמִּלְחָמָה וְשֵׁם שְׁלֹשֶׁת בָּנָיו אֲשֶׁר הָלְכוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָה אֱלִיאָב הַבְּכוֹר וּמִשְׁנֵהוּ אֲבִינָדָב וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁי שַׁמָּֽה
And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle; and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
שַׁמָּה הַֽחֲרֹדִי אֱלִיקָא הַחֲרֹדִֽי
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite;
שַׁמָּה הַֽהֲרָרִי אֲחִיאָם בֶּן־שָׁרָר הָארָרִֽי
Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite;
בְּנֵי רְעוּאֵל נַחַת זֶרַח שַׁמָּה וּמִזָּֽה
The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Shammah?
Shammah — שמה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 345 in the standard method.
How many times is Shammah named in the Tanakh?
7 times, first at Genesis 36:13.
A spelling is not a name. The written word שמה stands 171 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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