ABARIM PUBLICATIONS: Shomer [spelled שומר] is mentioned in the Genealogy of Asher, as the son of Heber [1 Chronicles 7:32]. In 7:34 is mentioned a Shemer, which is the same name but pronounced slightly different.
Note that שמור [shamor] is the modern Hebrew word for Fennel and is clearly derived from this same form. The Greek word for this plant is μαραθον [Marathon], from whence comes the name Μαραθων [Marathon], which would literally mean "covered with Fennel".
The Battle of Marathon [490 BC] was one of the most decisive battles in Human History. Had the Persians defeated the Greeks, Greece would have stopped to develop freely and there would have been no Plato, Socrates or Aristotle, no Greek Democracy, Mathematics, Poetry and all that, and no European Renaissance. These things would possibly, or even probably, have arisen independently of the Greeks, but the Modern World would certainly have looked wholly different. The Gospel would have been written in Persian, and would not contain its many signature reference to Greek Mythology and Homer. Even Jesus Christ would not have been called Jesus Christ.
