שִׁמְשַׁי

shim.shay

Aramaic H8124 Personal name, masculine 4 occurrences in 4 verses
שִׁמְשַׁי 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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Concordance 4 verses

  1. Ezra 4:8 וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙

    Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote the letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

  2. Ezra 4:9 וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙

    From 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,

  3. Ezra 4:17 וְשִׁמְשַׁ֣י

    Then 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.

  4. Ezra 4:23 וְשִׁמְשַׁ֥י

    When 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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