Semira
Son of Asher
Also known as: Shemira, Zemira, Shemirah
Semira (also known as Shimron or Jimna in some translations) was one of the sons of Asher, son of Jacob. He is mentioned in the genealogies in Genesis and 1 Chronicles as part of Asher's descendants who went down to Egypt with Jacob and his family.
Family
Key events
Mentioned among the sons of Asher
Semira is listed as one of the sons of Asher in the genealogy of Jacob's descendants who went to Egypt.
17the sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
וּבְנֵ֣י אָשֵׁ֗ר יִמְנָ֧ה וְיִשְׁוָ֛ה וְיִשְׁוִ֥י וּבְרִיעָ֖ה וְשֶׂ֣רַח אֲחֹתָ֑ם וּבְנֵ֣י בְרִיעָ֔ה חֶ֖בֶר וּמַלְכִּיאֵֽל׃
The Genealogy in Numbers
The sons of Asher, including Semira, are mentioned in the census of the tribes of Israel in the wilderness.
44The sons of Asher by their clans: from Imnah, the Imnite clan; from Ishvi, the Ishvite clan; from Beriah, the Beriite clan.
בְּנֵ֣י אָשֵׁר֮ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לְיִמְנָ֗ה מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ הַיִּמְנָ֔ה לְיִשְׁוִ֕י מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַיִּשְׁוִ֑י לִבְרִיעָ֕ה מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַבְּרִיעִֽי׃
45From the sons of Beriah: from Heber, the Heberite clan; from Malchiel, the Malchielite clan.
לִבְנֵ֣י בְרִיעָ֔ה לְחֶ֕בֶר מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַֽחֶבְרִ֑י לְמַ֨לְכִּיאֵ֔ל מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת הַמַּלְכִּיאֵלִֽי׃
46The name of Asher's daughter was Serah.
וְשֵׁ֥ם בַּת־אָשֵׁ֖ר שָֽׂרַח׃
Recorded in Chronicles
Semira is listed in the detailed genealogy of the tribe of Asher in 1 Chronicles.
30The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, with their sister Serah.
בְּנֵ֣י אָשֵׁ֗ר יִמְנָ֧ה וְיִשְׁוָ֛ה וְיִשְׁוִ֥י וּבְרִיעָ֖ה וְשֶׂ֥רַח אֲחוֹתָֽם׃
31The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
וּבְנֵ֣י בְרִיעָ֔ה חֶ֖בֶר וּמַלְכִּיאֵ֑ל ה֖וּא אֲבִ֥י *ברזות **בִרְזָֽיִת׃
Jacob's Family Goes to Egypt
Semira was among the seventy people in Jacob's household who went down to Egypt during the famine, marking the beginning of Israel's stay there.
17the sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah; and the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.
וּבְנֵ֣י אָשֵׁ֗ר יִמְנָ֧ה וְיִשְׁוָ֛ה וְיִשְׁוִ֥י וּבְרִיעָ֖ה וְשֶׂ֣רַח אֲחֹתָ֑ם וּבְנֵ֣י בְרִיעָ֔ה חֶ֖בֶר וּמַלְכִּיאֵֽל׃
27With the two sons born to Joseph in Egypt, the persons of Jacob's household who came to Egypt numbered seventy.
וּבְנֵ֥י יוֹסֵ֛ף אֲשֶׁר־יֻלַּד־ל֥וֹ בְמִצְרַ֖יִם נֶ֣פֶשׁ שְׁנָ֑יִם כָּל־הַנֶּ֧פֶשׁ לְבֵֽית־יַעֲקֹ֛ב הַבָּ֥אָה מִצְרַ֖יְמָה שִׁבְעִֽים׃ פ