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tēl ḥaršāʾ תֵּל חַרְשָׁא ‘Tel-harsha’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from tēl תֵּל ‘mound’ and the feminine of ḥaršāʾ חַרְשָׁא ‘Harsha’

tēl ḥaršāʾ pr n loc
Tel-harsa or Tel-haresha = "mound of the deaf mute"
1) a town of Babylon
 1a) probably located in the low country near the sea

Mentioned in Ezra 2:59 Nehemiah 7:61

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