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šīšāʾ שִׁישָׁא ‘Shisha’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from the same as šayiš שַׁ֫יִשׁ ‘alabaster’
Roots: שׁישׁ

šīšāʾ pr n m pers
Shisha = "Jehovah contends"
1) father of Elihoreph and Ahiah, the royal secretaries in the reign of Solomon
 1a) apparently the same as 'Shavsha' who held the same position under David

Mentioned in 1 Kings 4:3

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Implemented as part of the research project at the ENS by M.Seveleu-Dubrovnik, PhD.
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