Samaria
שׇֽׁמְרָ֑יִןStrong’s H8115shomrayin (shom-ra-yin)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shomrayin is the Aramaic word usually translated “samaria”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.”
Meaning
- The region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 10 tribes of Israelwhich split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam
- The capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel located 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Shechem
How it's translated
- samaria 1
- in samaria 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 2
1 book in all.
Aramaic dictionary
שׇֽׁמְרָ֑יִן shomrayin · Samaria
Aramaic of sho.me.ron (שֹׁמְרוֹן "Samaria" H8111) § Samaria = "watch mountain" 1) the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the 10 tribes of Israelwhich split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam 2) the capital city of the northern kingdom of Israel located 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem and 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Shechem
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.