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Amashsai:

a-mash'-si ‘amashcay, probably a textual error for ‘amashay; the ("s") implies a reading ‘-M-C-Y, based on a mistaken derivation from'-M-C. The original reading may have been ‘ammishay; compare AMASAI): Amashsai is a priestly name in the post-exilic list of inhabitants of Jerusalem (Ne 11:13; Maasai, 1Ch 9:12); the reading in Chronicles is ma‘asay, the King James Version "Maasiai," the Revised Version (British and American) "Maasai."