shemaiah

{{Wiktionary|Shemaiah}}

Shemaiah, a name which in Hebrew ({{Lang|he|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; see List of people named Shemaiah in the Bible
• Shemaiah (exilarch), alleged exilarch mentioned in the Seder Olam Zutta, probably sometime in the early 2nd century BC
• Shemaiah of Sossoines, an 11th century rabbi, one of the prime disciples of Rashi