Bible Person
Meaning: silence; their hasting · Male · 1 cross reference
This Hashum entry refers to one of the men standing beside Ezra during the public reading of the law, not to the covenant signatory of the same name. He belongs to the solemn setting of Scripture-centered renewal in restored Jerusalem. First appears in Neh 8:4.1
AI summary: This Hashum matters because his single cross reference places him at a defining moment when the law is publicly read and the community is reoriented around God's word. The entry links him to one of the clearest scenes of post-exilic spiritual renewal. Taken together, the material presents this Hashum as a participant in the public reading of the law.1
Central Figure
Hashum
Meaning: silence; their hasting
Stood on Ezra’s left hand while he read the law (Neh.
| Book | Cross-References |
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| Neh |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.