Hashum:
silence; their hasting
Hashum:
ha'-shum (chashum):
(1) In Ezr 2:19; Ne 7:22, "children of Hashum" are mentioned among the returning exiles. In Ezr 10:33 (compare 1 Esdras 9:33, "Asom"), members of the same family are named among those who married foreign wives.
(2) One of those who stood on Ezra's left at the reading of the law (Ne 8:4; #/APC 1Esdras 9:44, "Lothasubus"). The signer of the covenant (Ne 10:18) is possibly the same.
Hashum:
(rich).
(1.) Bene‐Hashum, 223 in number, came back from Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:19; 10:33; Nehemiah 7:22). (B.C. before 536) The chief man of the family was among these who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:18). (B.C. 410)
(2.) One of the priests or Levites who stood on Ezra's left hand while he read the law to the congregation (Nehemiah 8:4). (B.C. 410)
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