be.tsay identifies a named person or family in census-style lists and alongside other names.

The attested uses present be.tsay as a proper name: in Ezra 2:17 and Nehemiah 7:23 it identifies the family named in a numbered list, while Nehemiah 10:19 places it among a sequence of names.

1. Proper name in family lists and name sequences · dominant

   The supplied morphology marks the form as a proper noun. In Ezra 2:17 and Nehemiah 7:23 the APB renders a clause about “The sons of Bezai” and their number; in Nehemiah 10:19 it renders the form within the sequence “Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,” rather than isolating its contribution in English.

   Ezra 2:17Nehemiah 7:23Nehemiah 10:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezra 2:17 and Nehemiah 7:23, the APB presents the name in “The sons of Bezai.” In Nehemiah 10:19, it appears to be absorbed into a list of names.