- Original: שׁמאם - Transliteration: Shim'am - Phonetic: shim-awm' - Definition: Shimeam = their fame 1. a Benjamite, son of Mikloth a. also 'Shimeah' - Origin: for H8039 [compare H38 ] - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: For H8039 (compare H38 ); Shimam an Israelite: - Shimeam. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Shimeam, 1 1 Chronicles 9:38