“Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.”
The name of the slain man of Israel, who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a chief of a father's house of the Simeonites — The naming of Zimri marks him as a person of status, a chief of the Simeonite tribe. His rank makes his transgression more egregious: he should have been a model of covenant behavior. The disclosure of his tribal identity hints at a lasting consequence: the Simeonites, already diminished from the first census, will be further reduced in the second census.
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