{"def":{"lit":"renowned","short":"Shammua, the name of four Israelites","long":["son of Zaccur and the spy from the tribe of Reuben","son of David by his wife Bathsheba",["also 'Shammuah' and 'Shimea'"],"a Levite, son of Galal and father of Abda who lived in Jerusalem after the return from exile in the time of Nehemiah",["also 'Shemaiah'"],"a priest, head of the family of Bilgah in the time of Joiakim after the return from exile"]},"deriv":"from H8074; renowned","pronun":{"ipa":"ʃɑmˈmuː.ɑʕ","ipa_mod":"ʃɑˈmu.ɑʕ","sbl":"šammûaʿ","dic":"shahm-MOO-ah","dic_mod":"sha-MOO-ah"}}