Shamgar
שמגר
Meaning uncertain: the word has no clear Hebrew root and is often traced instead to Hittite or another language of ancient Anatolia.
Meaning and origin
Shamgar appears in the Book of Judges as one of the deliverers who led Israel in the period before it had kings, remembered there for killing six hundred Philistines with nothing more than a tool for driving oxen.
How to pronounce Shamgar
| Hebrew | shahm-GAHR /ʃamˈɡar/ |
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