From shama'; hearing; Shimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from him -- Simeon.
see HEBREW shama'
H8095. Shimon
שִׁמְעוֺן44 proper name, masculine (compare proper name שמעון in Palmyrene Lzb378; meaning doubtful; Rs and others compare said to mean offspring of hyena and wolf; see HoggEBiv. 4531); —
1 second son of Jacob and Leath, Συμεωη: Genesis 29:33 (name explanation from שָׁמַע), 35:23; Exodus 1:2 14t. (associated especially with Levi Genesis 34:25, 30; 49:5).
2 tribal name Judges 1:3 (twice in verse); 1:17; Numbers 1:6 +; so שׁ ׳גְּנֵי 1:22 7t., שׁ ׳מַטֵה 1:23; 2:12; 13:5; שׁ גְנֵי ׳מַטֵּה 10:19; 34:20; Joshua 19:1, 8; 21:9; 1 Chronicles 6:50.
3 post-exilic Jew with foreign wife Ezra 10:31.