This gentillic adjective with the article functions as a collective noun for the Shuhamite clan within the tribe of Dan. Numbers 26:42-43 lists them in the wilderness census, identifying them as descendants of Shuham. The use of the definite article makes the term function as a plural collective: 'the Shuhamites' as a family group. Such clan designations were crucial for land inheritance, military organization, and maintaining tribal identity. The multilingual renderings ('los-suhamitas,' 'le-Shuhamite') appropriately translate the collective sense. These census lists preserved Israel's internal structure and each family's claim to covenant membership.