Shimon
כִּי־שָׁמַע ה׳
The LORD hath heard
A tribe of zeal and fierce loyalty, remembered for defending the honour of their sister Dinah. Shimon’s portion lay within the land of Yehuda, and tradition tells that scribes and teachers of young children came from this tribe and spread throughout Israel.
- Meaning of the name
- From the word for hearing: Leah said that the LORD had heard her and given her this son as well.
- Mother
- Leah
- Stone on the Choshen (Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7)
- Pitdah, topaz / peridot
- Flag colour
- green
- Emblem on the flag
- city of Shechem
- Place in the camp
- South — under the banner (degel) of the camp of Reuven, alongside Gad.
Verses
שִׁמְעוֹן וְלֵוִי אַחִים כְּלֵי חָמָס מְכֵרֹתֵיהֶם
Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence their kinship.
Genesis 49:5
וַתַּהַר עוֹד וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתֹּאמֶר כִּי־שָׁמַע ה׳ כִּי־שְׂנוּאָה אָנֹכִי וַיִּתֶּן־לִי גַּם־אֶת־זֶה וַתִּקְרָא שְׁמוֹ שִׁמְעוֹן
And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said: ‘Because the LORD hath heard that I am hated, He hath therefore given me this son also.’ And she called his name Simeon.
Genesis 29:33