Lexicon
שֵׁשָׁן
she.shan
H8348
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Sheshan

5
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language

she.shan is a personal name borne by a man named in a family line and in accounts of his daughters and servant.

The occurrences use the noun proper form as the personal name of a man: he is placed in a line of descent in 1 Chronicles 2:31, then identified as a man with daughters and an Egyptian servant in 1 Chronicles 2:34 and as the father who gave his daughter to that servant in 1 Chronicles 2:35.

Senses in use

  1. Personal name in a family and household account · dominant

    In 1 Chronicles 2:31, the noun proper form identifies the man whose sons include Ahlai in the APB's family-line rendering. In 1 Chronicles 2:34 and 1 Chronicles 2:35, the same proper name identifies the man who had daughters and a servant named Jarha and who gave his daughter to Jarha as a wife.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the proper name as "Sheshan" in the family line, in the statement that he had daughters and a servant, and in the account of his daughter's marriage. The verse is read as a whole, but the repeated name plainly identifies the same person across these verses.

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