שִׁמְשַׁי, (Ezra IV, 8, a. e.) pr. n. m. Shimshai, a scribe of the Samaritan colony; (in legend) a scribe at the court of Ahasuerus. Targ. II Esth. VI, 1.—Meg. 15ᵇ sq. (ref. to Esth. VI, 2) מלמד שש׳ מוחק וכ׳ this intimates that Sh. had erased (the record in favor of Mordecai), and Gabriel wrote it over. Yalk. Esth. 1045 המן … הוא ש׳ הסופר כלומר ש׳ בנו וכ׳ Haman the wicked, that is Sh. the scribe, that is to say, Sh. the son of Haman; Esth. R. introd.; a. e.