SHEMA . 1 . A Reubenite, 1 Chronicles 5:8 . See Shimei, No. 5 . 2 . One of those who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath ( 1 Chronicles 8:13 , called in v. 21 S himei ). 3 . One of those who stood at Ezra’s right hand, at the reading of the Law ( Nehemiah 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 1 Chronicles 2:43 as a ‘son’ of Hebron. Cf. also Sheba, 4 .