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a-mash´sı̄ עמש×סי, ‛ămashsÌ£ay, probably a textual error for עמש××™, ‛ămaÌ„shay; the ס (“sâ€) implies a reading עמסי, based on a mistaken derivation from עמס. The original reading may have been עמּש××™, ‛ămmishay; compare AMASAI): Amashsai is a priestly name in the post-exilic list of inhabitants of Jerusalem (; Maasai, ); the reading in Chronicles is מעשׂי, ma‛ăsay, the King James Version “Maasiai,†the Revised Version (British and American) “Maasai.