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Commentary for I Samuel 16:9

וַיַּעֲבֵ֥ר יִשַׁ֖י שַׁמָּ֑ה וַיֹּ֕אמֶר גַּם־בָּזֶ֖ה לֹא־בָחַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said: ‘Neither hath the LORD chosen this.’

Rashi on I Samuel

Yishay brought Shammoh. That is שַׁמְעָא.6I.e. שַׁמְעָא = שַׁמׇּה See II Shmuel 21:21 and I Divrei Hayomim 2:13.
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