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SHEMA.—1. A Reubenite, 1Ch_5:8. See Shimei, No. 5. 2. One of those who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath (1Ch_8:13, called in v. 21 Shimei).3. One of those who stood at Ezra’s right hand, at the reading of the Law (Neh_8:4, called in 1Es_9:43 Sammus). 4. A town of Judah, situated in the Negeb. The site is unknown. It is probably this Shema that appears in 1Ch_2:43 as a ‘son’ of Hebron. Cf. also Sheba, 4.