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ṣīḥāʾ צִיחָא ‘Ziha’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: as if feminine of ṣiḥeh צִחֶה ‘parched’
Roots: צחה

ṣīḥāʾ pr n m pers
Ziha = "parched"
1) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile in Babylon with Zerubbabel
2) a chief of the temple slaves in Ophel in the time of Nehemiah

Mentioned in Ezra 2:43 Nehemiah 7:46, 11:21

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