Bible Person

Shema

Meaning: hearing; obeying · Male · 1 cross reference

This Shema entry refers to a Benjaminite family figure in 1 Chronicles 8:13, not to the man standing beside Ezra or the Reubenite ancestor in 1 Chronicles 5:8. He belongs to the compact genealogical material preserving the tribe's internal branches. First appears in 1 Chr 8:13.1

AI summary: This Shema matters because his single cross reference contributes one more name to Benjamin's densely layered family record. Even a brief genealogical entry helps preserve the continuity and detail of the tribe's internal structure. Taken together, the material presents this Shema as a Benjaminite family figure in the preserved genealogy.1