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( ῾Ησαύ, Vulg. Sel), given (1 Esdras 5:29) as the name of the head of one of the families of "Temple servants" or Nethinim that returned from the captivity; in place of the ZIHA (See ZIHA) (q.v.) of the Hebrew text (Ezra 2:43).