Lexicon
שֵׁשַׁי
she.shay
H8344
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Sheshai

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she.shay is the personal name of one of Anak’s sons, named with Ahiman and Talmai in Hebron-related accounts.

The term is used as a proper personal name for one of Anak’s sons, appearing with Ahiman and Talmai in accounts connected with Hebron.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name among Anak’s sons · dominant

    The form is tagged as a proper noun in all three verses. In Numbers 13:22 the APB renders Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai as sons of Anak living at Hebron; Joshua 15:14 names the same three among those Caleb dispossessed, and Judges 1:10 names them among those Judah struck.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the term as “Sheshai” in a three-name grouping with Ahiman and Talmai. The verse is read as a whole, but each clause plainly treats it as a personal name.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture