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shim´shı̄, shim´shaÌ„Ì-ı̄ (ש×מש××™, shimshay; Codex Vaticanus ΣαμασαÌ, SamasaÌ, ΣαμαεÌ, SamaeÌ, ΣαμεαιÌÏ‚, SameaıÌs ΣαμεσαÌ, SamesaÌ; Codex Alexandrinus ΣαμσαιÌ, SamsaıÌ; Lucian, ΣαμαιÌας, SamaıÌas, throughout; in 1 Esdras 2:17 he is called “Semellius,†the Revised Version (British and American) “Samelliusâ€; a number of explanations of this name have been offered, but no one has been generally favored. One conjecture traces it to an Old Iranian caritative ש×ש×מי, conformed to ש×מש×; another prefers the Old Bactrian simeÌ„zhi = simaeÌ„zhi; compare BDB, under the word The name looks as though it were derived from ש×מש×, shemesh, “the sunâ€): A state secretary who, with REHUM (which see) and others, wrote to Artaxerxes to persuade him to prohibit the rebuilding of the temple (, , , ).