my name; my desolations
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
SHAMMAI.1. A Jerahmeelite (1Ch_2:28). 2. The son of Rekem and father of Maon (1Ch_2:44 f.). 3. A Judahite (1Ch_4:17).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. 1Ch_2:28; 1Ch_2:32.
2. Of Maon (1Ch_2:44-45). 1Ch_2:3. Brother of Miriam and Ishbah, all three being sons of" Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh whom Mered took" (these words ought to be transposed after "Jalon": 1Ch_4:17-18). (See BITHIAH; MERED; JEHUDIJAH.)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Sham'ma-i. (desolate).
1. The son of Onam. 1Ch_2:28; 1Ch_2:32.
2. Son of Rekem. 1Ch_2:445.
3. One of the descendants of Judah. 1Ch_4:17.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
sham?ā́-ı̄, sham?ı̄ (שׁמּי, shammay):
(1) A Jerahmeelite (1Ch_2:28, 1Ch_2:32).
(2) The son of Rekem and father of Maon (1Ch_2:44 ff).
(3) A Judahite (1Ch_4:17).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
[many Sham'mai] (Heb. Shammay', שִׁמִּי, desolate; Sept. 1Ch_2:28 Σαμμαϊv; but 1Ch_2:32 Α᾿χισαμμά [combining Ahi with Shammai]; 1Ch_2:44 Σεμαά; 4:17 Σεμμαϊv, v.r. Σαμμαά, Σαμαϊv, Σεμεϊv), the name of three men.
1. The elder of two sons of Onam, of the tribe of Judah (1Ch_2:28; 1Ch_2:32). B.C. cir. 1618.
2. Son of Rekem and father (founder) of Maon, of the tribe of Judah (1Ch_2:44-45). B.C. post 1618.
3. Sixth child of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah, by a first wife (1Ch_4:17). B.C. post 1618. He was possibly the same called Shimon (q.v.) in 1Ch_4:20. Rabbi D. Kimchi conjectures that these were the children of Mered by his Egyptian wife Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh. SEE MERED. The Sept. makes Jether the father of all three. The tradition in the Quoest. in Libr. Paral. identifies Shammai with Moses, and Ishbah with Aaron.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.