שִׁמְשַׁי
shimshay · Shimshai
Aramaic word · Strong’s number H8124 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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shimshay (שִׁמְשַׁי) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “Shimshai”.
The name of the scribe who signed with Rehum the letter against Jerusalem.
How to say it
shim·shay
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Ezra 4:8
Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
- Ezra 4:9
Then Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their companions: the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, the Dehaites, the Elamites,
- Ezra 4:17
The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their companions who live in Samaria and the rest of the other side of the river: Peace. And now:
- Ezra 4:23
Then, as soon as the copy of the letter of Artaxerxes the king was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem, to the Jews, and made them cease by force and with troops.