Who and what is…
Shema

Hebrew: שֶׁמַע —transliteration: Shema'

This is the name of 3 biblical men and an ancient town.

1. Shema, father of Raham

   1 Chronicles 2:44

2. Shema, a Reubenite (1 Chronicles 5:8)

3. Shema, a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:13)

4. Shema, a man who stood by Ezra, after the Exile, when he read the law (Neh. 8:4)

5. Shema, a town in the south of the Tribe of Judah (Joshua 15:26)

   also known as: Sheba (Joshua 15:5)

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