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tirṣā תִּרְצָה ‘Tirzah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from rāṣā רָצָה ‘to accept’

tirṣā pr n f pers + pr n loc
Tirzah = "favourable"
n pr f
1) one of the 7 daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher of the tribe of Manasseh
n pr loc
2) one of the kingdoms on the west of the Jordan conquered by Joshua and the Israelites
3) a Canaanite city, later capital of the northern kingdom of Israel

Mentioned in Numbers 27:1, 26:33, 36:11 Joshua 12:24, 17:3 1 Kings 16:6, 16:23, 15:33, 16:8, 16:15, 16:9, 14:17, 15:21, 16:17 2 Kings 15:16, 15:14 Song of Songs 6:4

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