Shemaiah, a name which in Hebrew (שמע-יה ''shema-Ya'') means "God Heard", may refer to: *

Shmaya (tanna) Shemaiah ( he, שְׁמַעְיָה, ''Šəmaʿyā''; grc-koi, Σαμαίᾱς, ''Samaíās''), or Shmaya in Modern Hebrew) was a rabbinic sage in the early pre-Mishnaic era who lived at the same time as Abtalion. They are known as one of the ' ...

, rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in the 1st century BC * Any of several people in the Bible/Christian Old Testament; see

List of people in the Hebrew Bible called Shemaiah Shemaiah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible (Hebrew: שמעיה ''shemayah'' "God Heard"): *a Levite in the time of David, who with 200 of his relatives took part in the bringing up of the ark from Obed-edom to Hebron (I Chronicles ...

* Shemaiah (exilarch), alleged exilarch mentioned in the

Seder Olam Zuta Seder Olam Zutta ( Hebrew: ) is an anonymous chronicle from 803 CE, called "Zuta" (= "smaller," or "younger") to distinguish it from the older '' Seder Olam Rabbah.'' This work is based upon, and to a certain extent completes and continues, the ol ...

, probably sometime in the early 2nd century BC *

Shemaiah of Sossoines Shemaiah, a name which in Hebrew (שמע-יה ''shema-Ya'') means "God Heard", may refer to: * Shmaya (tanna), rabbinic sage who was leader of the Pharisees in the 1st century BC * Any of several people in the Bible/Christian Old Testament; see ...

, an 11th century rabbi, one of the prime disciples of

Rashi Shlomo Yitzchaki ( he, רבי שלמה יצחקי; la, Salomon Isaacides; french: Salomon de Troyes, 22 February 1040 – 13 July 1105), today generally known by the acronym Rashi (see below), was a medieval French rabbi and author of a compr ...

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