Shemidaite

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(Heb. with the art. in the sing. used collectively, hash-Shemidai', הִשְּׁמַידָעַי , patronymic from Shemida ; Sept. Ὁ Συμαερί ) , a designation ( Numbers 26:32) of the descendants of Shemida (q.v.), the son of Gilead, who obtained their inheritance among the male posterity of Manasseh ( Joshua 17:2, where they are called "children of Shemida").