H4762 H4762
Mareshah — a city in the Shephelah lowlands of Judah; also a personal/clan name in Calebite genealogy
A proper noun identifying a city in the Shephelah (western foothills) of Judah, probably modern Tell Sandahanna near Beit Jibrin, about one mile south of the ancient site. Mareshah appears in Joshua's allotment list (Josh 15:44), among Rehoboam's fortifications (2 Chr 11:8), and as the site of King Asa's great victory over the Cushite army of Zerah (2 Chr 14:9-10). Micah 1:15 includes it in the prophetic dirge over Shephelah towns. In the Calebite genealogies of 1 Chronicles 2:42 and 4:21, the name appears as a clan or personal designation reflecting the settlement pattern of the region.
Senses
1. Mareshah (city in Judah) — The place name Mareshah, designating a Judahite city in the Shephelah lowlands and, in genealogical contexts, a clan name among the descendants of Caleb and Shelah. Listed in the allotment of Judah (Josh 15:44), fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chr 11:8), and the setting of Asa's dramatic victory over the Cushite invasion force (2 Chr 14:9-10). Micah 1:15 includes it in a prophetic wordplay on Shephelah cities. All translations preserve the name as a direct transliteration — English 'Mareshah,' Spanish 'Maresa/Mareshah,' French 'Maréscha' — with variation only in prepositional prefixes (from, to, and). 8×
AR["لِمَريشَةَ", "مارِشَة", "مَارَيشَةَ", "مَريشَةَ", "مِنْ-مَارِيشَا", "وَ-ماريشةُ"]·ben["-মারেশা-থেকে", "-মারেশার", "এবং-মারেশা", "মারেশা", "মারেশার"]·DE["[למרשה]", "[ממרשה]", "[מרשה]", "und-Mareshah"]·EN["Mareshah", "and-Mareshah", "at-Mareshah", "from-Mareshah"]·FR["Maréscha", "[למרשה]", "[ממרשה]", "[מרשה]", "et-Mareshah"]·heb["ו-מראשה", "ל-מרשה", "מ-מרשה", "מרשה"]·HI["और-मारेशा", "के-मारेशा", "मारेशा", "मारेशा-की", "मारेशासे", "मारेशाह-को"]·ID["Maresa", "dan-Maresa", "dari-Maresa", "dekat-Maresa"]·IT["[למרשה]", "[ממרשה]", "[מרשה]", "e-Mareshah"]·jav["Marésa", "lan-Marèsa", "saking-Marésa", "wonten-ing-Marésa"]·KO["그리고-마레샤", "마레사", "마레샤", "에-마레사", "에서-마레샤"]·PT["Mareshah", "Maressa", "de-Mareshah", "e-Mareshah", "em-Maressa"]·RU["Мареши", "Марешу", "и-Мареша", "из-Мареши", "у-Мареши"]·ES["Maresa", "Mareshah", "de-Maresa", "para-Mareshah", "y-Maresa"]·SW["Maresha", "huko-Maresha", "kutoka-Maresha", "na-Maresha", "wa-Maresha"]·TR["Mareşa'nın", "Mareşa'yı", "Mareşah'a", "Mareşah'dan", "Mareşah'ta", "ve-Mareşa"]·urd["اور-ماریشہ", "ماریشہ", "ماریشہ-کا", "مرشہ-سے", "مریشاہ", "مریشاہ-کے", "مریشہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מָרֵשָׁה 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…