SALMAI.A family of Nethinim, Neh_7:48; called in Ezr_2:46 Shamlai, in 1Es_5:30 Subai.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
sal?mı̄, sal?mā́-ı̄ (שׂלמי, salmay; the King James Version, Shalmai (the King James Version in Neh_7:48 is ?Shalmai? = Ezr_2:46); the Revised Version (British and American) ?Salmai?): The eponym of a family of Nethinim, called ?Shamlai? in Ezr_2:46 (Ḳerē, שׁמלי, shamlay, Kethı̄bh, שׁלמי, shalmay, followed by the King James Version text, ?Shalmai?; Codex Vaticanus Σαμαάν, Samaán; Codex Alexandrinus Σελαμί, Selamı́; Neh_7:48, Codex Vaticanus Σαλεμεί, Salemeı́; Codex Alexandrinus Σελμεί, Selmeı́; Codex Sinaiticus Σαμαεί, Samaeı́). The name suggests a foreign reign. In 1 Esdras 5:30 the corresponding name is ?Subai.?
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.