In the bible, Shammua is the name of the 1 of the 12 spies- from Reuben (NUM 13:4), as well as name of son of David (2SA 5:14) and descendant of Bilgah (NEH 12:18). Meaning of the name: [poss.] [Yahweh] hears; rumor. Related names are:
Jerusalem, Shobab,
Solomon (and others ...)
. The translations of Shammua in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Sa-Mua in Vietnamese to
שַׁמּ֖וּעַ in Hebrew!
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. (NUM 13:4)
And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, (2SA 5:14)
Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, (1CH 14:4)
And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. (NEH 11:17)
Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; (NEH 12:18)