ha'-shum (chashum):
(1) InEzr 2:19;Ne 7:22, "children of Hashum" are mentioned among the returning exiles. InEzr 10:33(compare 1 Esdras 9:33, "Asom"), members of the same family are named among those who married foreign wives.
(2) One of those who stood on Ezra's left at the reading of the law (Ne 8:4; /APC 1Esdras 9:44, "Lothasubus"). The signer of the covenant (Ne 10:18) is possibly the same.