- Original: שׁמליo - Transliteration: Shamlay - Phonetic: sham-lah'-ee - Definition: Shalmai = my garments 1. a family, descendants of Shamlai, of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel - Origin: for H8014 - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: From H8014 ; Shamlai one of the Nethinim: - Shalmai [from the margin]. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • Shalmai, 1 Ezra 2:46