Salmai

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sal´mī, sal´mā́-ī (שׂלמי, salmay; the King James Version, Shalmai (the King James Version in Nehemiah 7:48 is “Shalmai” = Ezra 2:46); the Revised Version (British and American) “Salmai”):

The eponym of a family of Nethinim, called “Shamlai” in Ezra 2:46 (Ḳerē, שׁמלי, shamlay, Kethībh, שׁלמי, shalmay, followed by the King James Version text, “Shalmai”; Codex Vaticanus Σαμαάν, Samaán; Codex Alexandrinus Σελαμί, Selamí; Nehemiah 7:48, Codex Vaticanus Σαλεμεί, Salemeí; Codex Alexandrinus Σελμεί, Selmeí; Codex Sinaiticus Σαμαεί, Samaeí). The name suggests a foreign reign. In 1 Esdras 5:30 the corresponding name is “Subai.”