Lexical Summary Tirtsah: daughter of Zelophehad, also a Canaanite city Original Word: תִּרְצָהTransliteration: Tirtsah Phonetic Spelling: (teer-tsaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine Short Definition: daughter of Zelophehad, also a Canaanite city Meaning: Tirzah -- daughter of Zelophehad, also a Canaanite city Strong's Concordance Tirzah From ratsah; delightsomeness; Tirtsah, a place in Palestine; also an Israelitess -- Tirzah. see HEBREW ratsah Brown-Driver-Briggs H8656. Tirtsah תִּרְצָה proper name, feminine and of a location (pleasure, beauty); — 1. feminine daughter of Selophehad of Gilead Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Joshua 17:3; Θερσα. 2. location old Canaanite city Joshua 12:24, early cap. of Northern Israel (until Omri) 1 Kings 14:17 (תִּרְצָ֫תָה), 15:21, 33; 16:6, 8, 9 (twice in verse); 16:15, 17, 23, Θαρσα, usually Θερσα; Menahem's base of operations 2 Kings 15:14, 16 (Θαρς(ε)ιλα 15:14, EusebOnom. 263, 62, ed. Lag compare Θαρσιλα, village of Samaritans in Batanea, and BuhlGeogr. 247 conjecture Tesîl, 20 miles east of Lake Gennesaret, but this too remote); in simile of beauty (omitted by ᵐ5) Song of Solomon 6:4 ("" יְרוּשָׁלַם); — site not certain; conjectured are: Tallûza, just north of Mt. Ebal (RobBR iii. 302 f.), Tayaƒir, approximately 10 miles further northeast, > e‰-ˆîre, south of Gerizim (see, on these, GASmGeogr. 355 BuhlGeogr. 203 AglenHast. DB. under the word). |
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