עזרא, פרק ב׳, פסוק ט׳

As the exiles returned from Babylon to their homeland, careful records were kept of the families making the journey. Among them was the family of Zaccai, a group numbering seven hundred and sixty people. In these ancient genealogical records, identifying a group as the descendants of a specific person points to a distinct family lineage. The ancestor chosen to represent the group could either be the original founder of the family or the son of a more famous patriarch whose name eventually became the title for the entire clan [אבן עזרא].

The precise identity of this family sparked some historical discussion regarding their name. According to one tradition, the family's name was originally recorded with one spelling but pronounced differently, suggesting that the group was actually known by two separate names [אבן עזרא]. However, careful examination of the most accurate and accepted records clarifies that the name was both written and pronounced consistently. While the alternative name proposed in that tradition does exist, it belongs to a completely different individual mentioned later in the historical account, rather than the family listed here [מנחת שי].