Strong H8521תֵּל חַרְשָׁא

Tel-harsha

Transliteration
têl charshâ'
Pronunciation
tale khar-shaw'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H8510 and the feminine of H2798; mound of workmanship;
{Tel-Charsha} a place in Babylon: - {Tel-haresha} Tel-harsa.

Meaning of the name

Tel-harsa or Tel-haresha = "mound of the deaf mute"

Detailed definition

Tel-harsha, a Babylonian city from which some Jewish exiles returned to Jerusalem, but could not prove their genealogy (Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61).

In the biblical story

Tel-harsha

Babylonian city from which exiles returned

Tel-harsha, a Babylonian city from which some Jewish exiles returned to Jerusalem, but could not prove their genealogy (Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:61).

In the Bible

Strong H8521 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • haresha1
  • harsa1

First verses

  1. Ezra 2:59
    And these were they which went up from Tel–melah, Tel–harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
  2. Nehemiah 7:61
    And these were they which went up also from Tel–melah, Tel–haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.
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