Shimeam is a variant form of Shimeah, appearing in the Chronicler's parallel genealogies of Benjamin. This spelling occurs in the second recounting of the same genealogical material, demonstrating the kind of minor orthographic variation common when scribes copied proper names. The individual is part of Saul's extended family line, among the prominent Benjamite families dwelling in or near Jerusalem. The name's meaning possibly relates to 'hearing,' sharing a semantic field with names like Shemaiah ('the LORD has heard'). Such variants don't indicate different people but rather expected scribal variation in transmitting proper names.