Historical personal name
Shimon
Related to the attested name Shemʿon; the exact Shimon form and literal etymology remain unverified here.
- Language layer
- Personal name attested in Syriac; catalogue romanization requires separate evidence
- Written spelling
- Not independently checked
- Personal-name evidence
- Shemʿon bar Ṣabbaʿe, bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon and martyr, died in 341 or 344.
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- Popularity / modern gender
- Not established by these sources.
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Meaning, use and context
Lucas Van Rompay documents Shemʿon bar Ṣabbaʿe as a fourth-century bishop and martyr. He is distinct from other people called Simon or Shemʿon. The source retains disagreement between 341 and 344 for his death, rather than making an uncertain date appear exact.
Two related Syriac narratives preserve his story, with later manuscript witnesses and different literary development. The scholar explicitly discusses how far these narratives can be used as historical evidence. The explanation of the full designation bar Ṣabbaʿe concerns its second element and is not an etymology of Shimon alone.
Shimon is the catalogue form, while the source prints Shemʿon. Its inherited 'he has heard' translation and the relationship of every modern romanization need independent linguistic checks. Historical martyr literature does not measure current personal use, certify a modern spelling or supply dialect-labelled pronunciation audio.
Evidence for this entry
- Lucas Van Rompay — Shemʿon bar Ṣabbaʿe, GEDSH ↗
Historical bearer, alternative death dates and textual/historical cautions; not exact Shimon romanization or literal etymology.
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