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Shemaiah, a name which in Hebrew (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/Christian Old Testament; see List of people in the Hebrew Bible called Shemaiah
- Shemaiah (exilarch), alleged exilarch mentioned in the Seder Olam Zuta, probably sometime in the early 2nd century BC
- Shemaiah of Sossoines, an 11th century rabbi, one of the prime disciples of Rashi.