SHEMIDA shĭ mī’ də (שְׁמִידָ֕ע). A Gileadite descendant of Manasseh whose name is found in the second census taken by Moses in the wilderness (Num 26:32; Josh 17:2; 1 Chron 7:19, KJV SHEMIDAH). He was the father of Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam, and the eponymous ancestor of the Shemidaites, who settled in Manasseh in the time of Joshua.