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# זִמְרִי

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2174

**Zimri** — used 14 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Zimri [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2174/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

זִמְרִי: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2174/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ζαμβρ(ε)ι— a Simeoneite Nu 25:14 (P). grandson of Judah 2 Ch 2:6 (app. = זַבְדִּי Jos 7:1 q.v.) king of Isr. before Omri 1 K 16:9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20 2 K 9:31. a Benjamite 1 Ch 8:36(×2) = 9:42(×2).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Zimri (10); O Zimri (1); \[was\] Zimri (1).

## In the verses

[2 Kings 9:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.31/#tree)

וְיֵה֖וּא בָּ֣א בַשָּׁ֑עַר וַתֹּ֣אמֶר הֲשָׁל֔וֹם זִמְרִ֖י הֹרֵ֥ג אֲדֹנָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and Jehu he.came in the gate and she.said ? peace O.Zimri \[who\].murdered master(s) his

*JPS 1917:* And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said: 'Is it peace, thou Zimri, thy master's murderer?'

[1 Chronicles 2:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.6/#tree)

וּבְנֵ֣י זֶ֗רַח זִ֠מְרִי וְאֵיתָ֧ן וְהֵימָ֛ן וְכַלְכֹּ֥ל וָדָ֖רַע כֻּלָּ֥ם חֲמִשָּֽׁה׃ס

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Zerah \[were\].Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Kalkol and Dara of.them all \[were\].five

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2174/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).