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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σᾰμᾰΐᾱς (Sămăḯās), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁמַעְיָה (shema'yá, Šəmaʿyā́, “Shemaiah”), from שָׁמַע (shamá', šāma, “to hear”) + יָהּ (yáh, Yāh, “two letters of the Tetragrammaton”), literally "God heard".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Semeïās m sg (genitive Semeïae); first declension
- (biblical) Shemaiah
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
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