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sheÌ„Ì-mā´a, shem´aÌ„Ì-a (הש×מעה, ha-shemā‛aÌ„h; Codex Vaticanus ἈμαÌ, AmaÌ, Codex Alexandrinus ΣαμααÌ, SamaaÌ, Lucian, ἈσμαÌ, AsmaÌ): A Benjamite, who was the father, according to the Massoretic Text, of Ahiezer and Joash; but according to the Septuagint υἰοÌÏ‚, huioÌs = בּן, (ben) instead of ×‘Ö¼× ×™, (beneÌ„) of Joash alone (). The original text may have read יהש×מע בּן, ben yehoÌ„shaÌ„mā‛ (compare הוש×מע, hoÌ„shaÌ„mā‛, of ); then a dittography of the following ,×” (h) caused the error (Curtis, ICC).