A name from Scripture
Shammah
SHAM-uh
Meaning
Astonishment; Desolation; Fame
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Genesis
What it points to
Shammah teaches that standing your ground on small things — even a lentil field — can be the most courageous act of all.
Verse · King James Version
“And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles... But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it.”
2 Samuel 23:11-12