sal.may is a proper name identifying a group named among lists of sons in Ezra and Nehemiah.

The attested forms function as a proper name in two parallel list-like clauses, each identifying “the sons of” the named group.

1. Proper name in a list of sons · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper and follow the list formula naming “the sons of” a group. In Ezra 2:46 the APB renders a sequence including “the sons of Shalmai,” and in Nehemiah 7:48 it likewise renders “the sons of Shalmai.”

   Ezra 2:46Nehemiah 7:48

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Shalmai” in both list entries.