SHEMIDA.—A ‘son’ of Gilead, according to Num_26:32 [P [Note: Priestly Narrative.] ]; called in Jos_17:2 [JE [Note: Jewish Encyclopedia.] ] a ‘son’ of Manasseh; his descendants are enumerated in 1Ch_7:19. The gentilic name Shemidaites occurs in Num_26:32.