Bible Person

Shema

Meaning: hearing; obeying · Male · 1 cross reference

This Shema entry refers to the Reubenite ancestor in 1 Chronicles 5:8, not to the Benjaminite family figure or the man standing beside Ezra. He belongs to the preserved family record of the eastern tribes. First appears in 1 Chr 5:8.1

AI summary: This Shema matters because his single cross reference carries a Reubenite line forward through a remembered father-son link. Even a brief paternal notice contributes to the continuity and structure of tribal memory east of the Jordan. Taken together, the material presents this Shema as a genealogical figure in Reuben's preserved lineage.1

Central Figure

Shema

Meaning: hearing; obeying

A Reubenite (1 Chr.