Shimon
/ʃiːˈmoʊn/noun
A Hebrew masculine given name, corresponding to the English name Simon or Simeon.
Did you know?In Genesis, Leah names her son Shimon because she says God has heard that she was unloved, linking the name directly to divine listening.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*š-m-ʕ
“To hear or listen; the reconstructed consonantal root behind the name”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
שִׁמְעוֹן (Shimʿon)
“Shimon; traditionally understood as “he has heard””
Ancient Hebrew Bible
Hebrew
שִׁמְעוֹן
“The personal name of Jacob and Leah’s son and the ancestor-name of the Israelite tribe of Simeon”
Septuagint period
Greek
Συμεών (Symeōn)
“Greek rendering of the Hebrew name”
Biblical Latin
Latin
Simeon
“Latin form transmitted through Christian biblical tradition”
Modern English
English
Shimon
“A modern transliteration of the Hebrew personal name”