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title: תִּרְהָקָה — Tirhakah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תִּרְהָקָה (8640), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Tirhakah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תִּרְהָקָה

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«תִּרְהָקָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Tirhakah** — 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:** 8640 · **BDB:** תִּרְהָקָה

### Glosses

Tirhakah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Tirhakah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8640/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8640/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. king of Egypt, of Ethiop. dynasty: 2 K 19:9 = Is 37:9; Θαρακα; 𝔊L Θαρθακ; = Egyptian T-h-r-ḳ, Assyrian Tarḳu, SteindorffBAS i. 345f. COT 2 K 19:9 WiedemannÄg. Gesch. 590 ff. BrugschEgypt under Pharaohs (new ed. 1891), 410 ff. WMM Ency. Bib. Tirhakah GriffithHast. DB Id.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תִּרְהָקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8640/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 37:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.37.9/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע עַל־תִּרְהָ֤קָה מֶֽלֶךְ־כּוּשׁ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יָצָ֖א לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם אִתָּ֑ךְ וַיִּשְׁמַע֙ וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard on Tirhakah the.king of.Cush (cmp) he.has.come.out to do.battle with you and he.heard and he.sent messengers to Hezekiah (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia: 'He is come out to fight against thee.' And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying:

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[2 Kings 19:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.9/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע אֶל־תִּרְהָ֤קָה מֶֽלֶך־כּוּשׁ֙לֵאמֹ֔ר הִנֵּ֥ה יָצָ֖א לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם אִתָּ֑ךְ וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽר׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard concerning Tirhakah the.king of.Cush (cmp) there! he.has.come.out to do.battle with you and he.returned and he.sent messengers to Hezekiah (cmp)

*JPS 1917:* And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia: 'Behold, he is come out to fight against thee'; he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying:

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