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seÌ„Ì-nā´a, sen´aÌ„Ì-a (×¡× ××”, sÌ£enaÌ„'aÌ„h; Codex Vaticanus ΣααναÌ, SananaÌ; ΣαναναÌÏ„, SananaÌt; Codex Alexandrinus ΣαναναÌ, SananaÌ, ΣεννααÌ, SennaaÌ, ἉσαÌν, HasaÌn): The children of Senaah are mentioned as having formed part of the company returning from the captivity with Zerubbabel (; ). The numbers vary as given by Ezr (3, 630) and Neh (3, 930), while 1 Esdras 5:23 puts them at 3, 330. In the last place the name is Sanaas, the King James Version “Annaas†(Codex Vaticanus ΣαμαÌ, SamaÌ; Codex Alexandrinus ΣαναÌας, SanaÌas). In the name occurs with the definite article, ha-senaah. The people may be identical with the Benjamite clan Hassenuah (). Eusebius, in Onomasticon, speaks of Magdalsenna a village about 7 miles North of Jericho, which may be the place intended; but the site is not known.