Bible Person
Meaning: loss; desolation; astonishment · Male · 3 cross references
Shammah is an Edomite clan figure in the line of Reuel, Esau's son. He belongs to the genealogical structure through which Edom's chiefs and family branches are mapped. First appears in Gen 36:13.1
AI summary: Shammah matters because the cross references preserve his name within the remembered ancestry of Esau's descendants. These lists show that Scripture traces neighboring peoples with a degree of historical attention, situating Israel among related but distinct lines. Taken together, the material presents Shammah as an Edomite family head whose place contributes to the wider ancestral geography of the biblical world.1
Central Figure
Shammah
Meaning: loss; desolation; astonishment
One of the “dukes” of Edom (Gen.
One of the “dukes” of Edom (Gen. 36:13, 17). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.