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shē´shı̄ (ש×שיּ, sheÌ„shay): One of the sons of Anak, perhaps an old Hebronite clan name. (Sayce combines the name with SÌŒasu, the root שסה, the Egyptian name for the Syrian Bedouins.) The clan lived in Hebron at the time of the conquest and was expelled by Caleb (, Codex Vaticanus ΣεσσειÌ, SesseıÌ; Codex Alexandrinus ΣεμειÌ, SemeıÌ; , Codex Vaticanus ΣουσειÌ, SouseıÌ; Codex Alexandrinus ΣουσαιÌ, SousaıÌ; , Codex Vaticanus ΣεσσειÌ, SesseıÌ; Codex Alexandrinus ΓεθθιÌ, GeththıÌ).