1. Mareshah (city in Judah) — All four clusters refer to the same place name Mareshah, a Judahite city in the Shephelah lowlands. The clusters differ only in prepositional prefixes: bare name, with conjunction 'and,' with 'from,' and with 'at/to.' Multilingual evidence is perfectly consistent: Arabic uses Marisheh (مَريشَةَ/ماريشة/مَارِيشَا) throughout; Korean uses Maresha/Maresa (마레샤/마레사); Spanish uses Maresa/Mareshah; Hindi uses Maresha (मारेशा) in all clusters; Swahili uses Maresha consistently. This is a single proper noun referring to one geographic location. 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"]
Senses
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…