A gentilic adjective with the definite article, meaning 'the Shimeite' or 'the Shimite,' referring to descendants of Shimei. In Numbers 3:21, the Shimeites are listed among the Levitical clans, specifically within the Gershonite division. In Zechariah 12:13, the 'family of the Shimeites' is mentioned in a future lament for the pierced one, part of a series of families mourning individually. The term functions as a collective noun, denoting a clan or family group rather than an individual. The multilingual glosses vary: some transliterate, others translate ('the Shimeite,' 'sentinel'—the latter likely an error). The name anchors a Levitical lineage and, in Zechariah, a future repentant community.