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šimšay שִׁמְשַׁי ‘Shimshai’ (Aramaic)

Etymology?: from šᵊmaš שְׁמַשׁ ‘sun’
Roots: שׁמשׁ

šimšay pr n m pers
Shimshai = "sunny"
1) the scribe for Rehum, the satrap of Judea for the Persian government

Mentioned in Ezra 4:8, 4:9, 4:23, 4:17

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