(Heb. with the art. in the sing. used collectively, hash-Shemidai',
äִùְּׁîַéãָòַé
, patronymic from Shemida; Sept.
ὁ Óõìáåñß
), a designation (Num_26:32) of the descendants of Shemida (q.v.), the son of Gilead, who obtained their inheritance among the male posterity of Manasseh (Jos_17:2, where they are called “children of Shemida”).