Shamay (שמאי) means assessor in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שַׁמַּאי
shamay
noun · masculine
In English
assessor
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Shamay.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אדם שמקצועו להעריך שׁוֹוְיים (לָשׁוּם) של דברים (כגון בתים, כלי רכב, סחורות, וכו') או של נזק לדברים.
- 2שם פרטי לזכר.
The word Shamay is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שַׁמַּאי
- Written without vowel points
- שמאי
- Said
- shamay
- Root
- ש־ו־מ
- Pattern
- קַטָּל
- Plural
- שַׁמָּאִים
- Feminine form
- שַׁמָּאִית
- Inflections
- ר' שַׁמָּאִים; נ' שַׁמָּאִית, נ"ר שַׁמָּאִיוׁת; שַׁמַּאי־, ר' שַׁמָּאֵי־
- Gematria
- 351
This is how Shamay is said in other languages.
- English
- assessor
- French
- évaluateur
- Spanish
- tasador
- German
- Gutachter
These words rhyme with Shamay.
The word Shamay is part of these phrases and sayings.
- שמאי מקרקעין
- שמאי ביטוח
- שמאי רכב
- שמאי רכוש
- שמאי ימי
- שמאי חקלאי
- בית שמאי
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Shamay comes from the root ש־ו־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Shamay in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shamay.
What does Shamay (שמאי) mean in Hebrew?
Shamay (שמאי) means assessor. It is said shamay, with the stress on may.
What rhymes with Shamay (שמאי)?
Words that rhyme with Shamay (שמאי) include חקלאי, תנאי, חי, גיא, הגאי, and אולי.
Is Shamay (שמאי) masculine or feminine?
The word Shamay (שמאי) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שַׁמָּאִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שמאי of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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