Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shemaiah

/ʃɛmɛˈjɑː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables: she-ma-iah
IPA: /ʃɛmɛˈjɑː/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:

name

Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:

name

Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:

name

Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:

name

Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:

name

Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:

name

Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:

name

Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:

Etymology

From the Biblical Hebrew שְׁמַעְיָה (“[whom] God heard”).

Questions

How do you pronounce shemaiah?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃɛmɛˈjɑː/.
What does shemaiah mean?: Any of several people in the Tanakh, and Christian Old Testament:
Where does shemaiah come from?: From the Biblical Hebrew שְׁמַעְיָה (“[whom] God heard”).

How to pronounce shemaiah

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