שִׁמְשַׁי (shim.shay) means “Shimshai” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: shim-shah'-ee Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שִׁמְשַׁי · shim.shay · Shimshai
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.4.8 § Shimshai = "sunny" the scribe for Rehum, the satrap of Judea for the Persian government
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(Aramaic) from H8122 (שֶׁמֶשׁ); sunny; Shimshai, a Samaritan
KJV glosses: Shimshai.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| shimshai | 3 |
| and shimshai | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and shimshai | 3 |
| shimshai | 1 |
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Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
Read word by wordFrom Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates—the judges and officials over Tripolis, Persia, Erech and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
Read word by wordThen the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.
Read word by wordWhen the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.
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