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^{1Kings 16:24}); — ׳שׁ 1 Kings 16:24 (name explanation as from שֶׁמֶר, originally owner of site), 1 Kings 16:28; 1 Kings 16:29; 1 Kings 16:32; 1 Kings 20:1,10 +; שֹׁמְר֫וֺנָה 1 Kings 20:43; 2 Kings 6:19; 2 Kings 14:14; personified as woman Ezekiel 16:46,51,53,55; Ezekiel 23:4,33; king of Northern Israel is ׳מֶלֶךְ שׁ 1 Kings 21:1; 2 Kings 1:3; ׳אֲשֶׁר בְּשׁ 1 Kings 21:18, compare ׳בְּשׁ ׳מָלַךְ עַליִֿשׂ 1 Kings 22:52 9t.; thence name of territory, ׳שְׂדֵה שׁ Obadiah 19, ׳עָרֵי שׁ 1 Kings 13:32 (point of view of later editor), 2 Kings 17:24,26; 2 Kings 23:19; ׳הָרֵי שׁ Amos 3:9; Jeremiah 31:5, — compare ׳הַושֿׁ Amos 4:1; Amos 6:1; 1 Kings 16:24; perhaps ׳שׁ alone Jeremiah 23:13; 1 Kings 18:2; 2 Kings 7:24; 2 Kings 7:28; 2Chronicles 25:13; ׳חֵיל שׁ Nehemiah 3:34. — ᵐ5 usually Σαμαρεια, but 1 Kings 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} .

שָֽׁמְרָ֑יִן proper name, of a location (Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֺן, I. שָׁמַר); — Ezra 4:7,10.