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# מָרֵשָׁה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4762

**Mareshah** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of Mareshah (2).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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;

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4762/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).