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title: מָרֵשָׁה — Mareshah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָרֵשָׁה (4762), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Mareshah. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָרֵשָׁה

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«מָרֵשָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Mareshah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 4762 · **BDB:** מָרֵשָׁה

### Glosses

of.Mareshah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Mareshah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4762/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4762/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and (Jos 15:44) מָרֵאשָׁה n.pr.loc. (etym. dub.) in (the Shephelah of) Judah, Mi 1:15 (where named with אַכְזִיב etc.), Jos 15:44 (id.), cf. 2 Ch 11:8; 14:8, 9; 20:37; so appar. (as n.pr.m. in geneal. scheme) 1 Ch 2:42; 4:21.—Cf. 2 Macc. 12:35 (Μαρισα), 1 Macc 5:66 (read Μαρισα for Σαμαρια, cf. Var. Apocr.).—JosephAnt xii, 8, 6 (Μαρισσα). 𝔊 A Jos 15:44 Μαρησα; 𝔊L Βαρσηα; 𝔊 1 Ch 2:42 Μαρ(ε)ισα 𝔊L Μαρησα, etc. Prob. = mod. Merāsh 1 m. S. of Beit Jibrin (Eleutheropolis), cf. RobBR ii. 31 Be 1 Ch 2:42 GASmGeogr. 233 (who identif. with (גַּת) מוֹרֶשֶׁת Mi 1:14 q.v. sub ירשׁ p. 440 supr., but v. LagOnom. 139, 141, 279, 282) BuhlGeogr. 192.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָרֵשָׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4762/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.42/)

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וּבְנֵ֤י כָלֵב֙ אֲחִ֣י יְרַחְמְאֵ֔ל מֵישָׁ֥ע בְּכֹר֖וֹ ה֣וּא אֲבִי־זִ֑יף וּבְנֵ֥י מָרֵשָׁ֖ה אֲבִ֥י חֶבְרֽוֹן׃

*Word for word:* and the.sons of.Caleb the.brother of.Jerahmeel \[were\].Mesha firstborn his he \[was\].the.father of.Ziph and the.sons of.Mareshah \[were\].the.father of.Hebron

*JPS 1917:* And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

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[1 Chronicles 4:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.4.21/)

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בְּנֵי֙ שֵׁלָ֣ה בֶן־יְהוּדָ֔ה עֵ֚ר אֲבִ֣י לֵכָ֔ה וְלַעְדָּ֖ה אֲבִ֣י מָרֵשָׁ֑ה וּמִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת בֵּית־עֲבֹדַ֥ת הַבֻּ֖ץ לְבֵ֥ית אַשְׁבֵּֽעַ׃

*Word for word:* the.sons of.Shelah the.son of.Judah \[were\].Er the.father of.Lecah and Laadah the.father of.Mareshah and the.clans of.the.house of.the.work of.(the) fine.linen of the.house of.Ashbea

*JPS 1917:* The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Ladah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

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