Encyclopedia of The Bible – Besai
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Besai

BESAI be’ zī (בֵּסָֽי, downtrodden). In Ezra 2:49 this man was listed as the father of a family of postexilic Temple servants. The group had returned from Babylonia under Zerubbabel, and occupied a lowly place in the Temple hierarchy.