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HebrewH8656Proper Noun (Feminine)

תִּרְצָה

tir.tsah

17Occurrences
H8656Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Tirtsah, a place in Palestine; also an Israelitess

from H7521 (רָצָה); delightsomeness;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; daughter of: Zelophehad (H6765); sister of: Mahlah (H4244), Noah (H5270), Hoglah (H2295) and Milcah (H4435H) § Tirzah = "favourable" 1) one of the 7 daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher of the tribe of Manasseh 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

תִּרְצָה appears 17 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
9
Numbers
3
2 Kings
2
Joshua
2
Song of Solomon
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 14:17BSB

Then Jeroboam’s wife got up and departed for Tirzah, and as soon as she stepped over the threshold of the house, the boy died.

1 Kings 16:6BSB

And Baasha rested with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and his son Elah reigned in his place.

1 Kings 16:15BSB

In the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri reigned in Tirzah for seven days. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon of the Philistines,

2 Kings 15:14BSB

Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria, struck down and killed Shallum son of Jabesh, and reigned in his place.

Joshua 17:3BSB

But Zelophehad son of Hepher (the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh) had no sons but only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.