HASHUM. 1. The eponym of a family of returning exiles ( Ezra 2:19; Ezra 10:33 , Nehemiah 7:22; Nehemiah 10:18 ); called in 1Es 9:33 Asom . 2. One of those who stood on Ezra’s left hand at the reading of the Law ( Nehemiah 8:4 ); called in 1Es 9:44 Lothasubus .