שַׁמַּי Shammai
Every verse in which this name stands — 6 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 three Israelites. The name stands six times in the Tanakh, first at 1 Chronicles 2:28 and last at 1 Chronicles 4:17.
וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־אוֹנָם שַׁמַּי וְיָדָע וּבְנֵי שַׁמַּי נָדָב וַאֲבִישֽׁוּר
And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada; and the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.
וַיִּהְיוּ בְנֵי־אוֹנָם שַׁמַּי וְיָדָע וּבְנֵי שַׁמַּי נָדָב וַאֲבִישֽׁוּר
And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada; and the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.
וּבְנֵי יָדָע אֲחִי שַׁמַּי יֶתֶר וְיוֹנָתָן וַיָּמָת יֶתֶר לֹא בָנִֽים
And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
וְשֶׁמַע הוֹלִיד אֶת־רַחַם אֲבִי יָרְקֳעָם וְרֶקֶם הוֹלִיד אֶת־שַׁמָּֽי
And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begot Shammai.
וּבֶן־שַׁמַּי מָעוֹן וּמָעוֹן אֲבִי בֵֽית־צֽוּר
And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
וּבֶן־עֶזְרָה יֶתֶר וּמֶרֶד וְעֵפֶר וְיָלוֹן וַתַּהַר אֶת־מִרְיָם וְאֶת־שַׁמַּי וְאֶת־יִשְׁבָּח אֲבִי אֶשְׁתְּמֹֽעַ
And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon. And she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa—
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Shammai?
Shammai — שמי in Hebrew — has a gematria of 350 in the standard method.
How many times is Shammai named in the Tanakh?
6 times, first at 1 Chronicles 2:28.
A spelling is not a name. The written word שמי stands 66 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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