cha.shav.yah is a personal name used for people named in genealogies, Levitical lists, leadership, and public service.

The supplied passages consistently use the form as a proper personal name, identifying people in family lines and Levitical or administrative settings. The named individuals occur among musicians, Levites, rulers, selected representatives, and builders.

1. Personal name in lists and public roles · dominant

   Every supplied token is tagged Noun · Proper. In 1 Chronicles 25:3 the APB renders the name among Jeduthun's sons serving with the lyre; in 1 Chronicles 26:30 it names a Hebronite overseeing work for Israel, and in Nehemiah 3:17 it identifies the ruler of half the district of Keilah who strengthened his district. Genealogical clauses also place the name within lines of Levites in 1 Chronicles 9:14 and Nehemiah 11:22.

   1 Chronicles 25:31 Chronicles 26:301 Chronicles 9:14Nehemiah 11:22Nehemiah 3:17Ezra 8:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB usually presents the proper name as “Hashabiah” in lists, genealogies, and descriptions of service or leadership, as in 1 Chronicles 26:30 and Ezra 8:19. In the supplied APB texts for 1 Chronicles 6:30 and Nehemiah 10:12, the name is not visibly represented, so the translation does not consistently display every supplied token.