Shemida; Shemidah; Shemidaites she-mi'-da, she-mi'-da-its (shemidha): A Gileadite clan belonging to Manasseh (Numbers 26:32, Joshua 17:2, Codex Vaticanus Sumareim; Codex Alexandrinus Semirae; Lucian, Samidae; 1 Chronicles 7:19, the King James Version "Shemidah," after whom the Shemidaites (Numbers 26:32) were called).