HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2797
חַרְשָׁא
char.sah — Harsha
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.52 § Harsha = "mute" head of a family of exiles returning with Zerubbabel
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Harsha
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5353
נְקוֹדָא
ne.qo.da — Nekoda
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.48 § Nekoda = "distinguished" 1) head of a family of temple slaves returning from exile to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel 2) head of a family of exiles who were from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer and who could not identify their father's house or their genealogy being of Israel and who returned with Zerubbabel
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8521
תֵּל חַרְשָׁא
tel char.sah — Tel-harsha
§ Tel-harsa or Tel-haresha = "mound of the deaf mute" a town of Babylon probably located in the low country near the sea
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Worker or enchanter, one of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:52; Neh. 7:54).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.