Hashum

Hashum was one of the men who stood with Ezra during the public reading of the Law.

The name Hashum means “silence; their hasting”

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Summary

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Nehemiah 8:4; only referred to as Hashum (חָשֻׁם).

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Mentions

  1. Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.