שִׁמְעוֹן, the son of Jacob; the tribe of Simeon. Gen. R. s. 71 ש̇מ̇ע̇ון ש̇ומ̇ע בקול וכ׳ Simeon (listener), listening to the voice of his father in heaven. Num. R. s. 27ש׳ פטדה the jewel in the high priest’s breastplate for the tribe of S. was a topaz. Num. R. s. 1319נשיא ש׳ the prince of the tribe of S.; a. fr.
שִׁמְעוֹן, ש׳ הצדיק Simon the Just, a high priest. Yoma 69ᵃ כיון שראה לש׳ הצ׳ וכ׳ when he (Alexander the Great) saw Simon the Just, he alighted from his chariot &c. Ab. I, 2 ש׳ הצ׳ היה וכ׳ Simon the Just was one of the last members of the Great Assembly; a. fr.
שִׁמְעוֹן, name of several Tannaim, esp. a) S. son of Hillel. Sabb. 15ᵃ.—b) R. S. son of the Sagan. Shek. VIII, 5. Keth. II, 8; a. e.—c) S. ben Sheṭaḥ, chief of the Pharisees under Alexander Jannai. Ḥag. II, 2. Tosef. Keth. XII, 1. Kidd. 66ᵃ; a. fr.—d) R. S. ben Gamliel I (abbrev. רשב"ג) Ker. I, 7. Succ. 53ᵃ; Tosef. ib. IV, 4. Ab. Zar. 20ᵃ; (Y. ib. I, 40ᵃ bot.; Y. Ber. IX, 13ᵇ bot. רבן גמליאל); a. e.—e) Rabban S. ben Gamliel II. Hor. 13ᵇ. Keth. 77ᵃ, a. fr. כל מקום ששנה רשב"ג וכ׳ wherever R. S. b. G. is cited in the Mishnah, his opinion is the adopted law. Ib. VII, 9; a. v. fr.—f) ר׳ ש׳ ברבי R. S. son of R. Judah han-Nasi (B’ribbi). Ib. 103ᵇ. Ber. 13ᵇ; a. fr.—ש׳ בן זומא, v. זוֹמָא II.—ש׳ בן עזאי, v. עַזַּאי; a. many other Tannaim; v. Fr. Darkhé, Additamenta, p. 64–67.
שִׁמְעוֹן, name of several Amoraim, esp. a) R. S. bar Abba (Ba, Va), in Babli שִׁמָּן. Y. Sabb. VII, 8ᵃ bot.; Bab. Sabb. 61ᵃ. Y. Ber. V, 9ᵇ bot.; Bab. Ber. 33ᵃ; a. fr.—b) R. S. b. Laḳish (abbrev. רשב"ל, a. ריש לקיש, ר"ל). Keth. 54ᵇ. Gitt. 47ᵃ. Y. Yeb. VIII, 9ᵈ bot.; a. v. fr., v. לָקִישׁ I; a. other Amoraim; v. Fr. M’bo p. 127ᵃ–130ᵃ
