H6868 H6868
Tseredah, Tseredatah; a town associated with Jeroboam's origin and bronze-casting, possibly in the Jordan valley
This place name appears in two forms marking the same or closely related locations. It identifies Jeroboam's hometown in 1 Kings and appears as Tseredatah in 2 Chronicles' account of Solomon's bronze-working in the Jordan valley. The variation between forms may reflect dialectical differences or textual transmission. The Septuagint renderings (Sarira, Sariada) show ancient uncertainty about the precise vocalization. BDB cross-references suggest connection with Tsarthan/Tsererah, all possibly denoting sites in the Jordan valley where clay soil enabled large-scale metal casting.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The 1 Kings 11:26 occurrence identifies Jeroboam's maternal hometown with the definite article ('the Tseredah'), while 2 Chronicles 4:17 locates bronze-casting activity at Tseredatah. Spanish preserves both forms (Sereda/Tseredatá), as do French and German with slight variation. The Chronicles passage pairs it with Succoth in describing where Hiram cast bronze implements 'in the clay ground between Succoth and Tseredatah.' This geographical-industrial context suggests Jordan valley location where suitable clay for casting molds was available. The name functions purely as geographical identifier, marking both personal origin and manufacturing site. 2×
AR["الصَّرِيدَةِ", "صَرِيدَتَا"]·ben["সরেদাতার", "সেরেদা"]·DE["[צרדתה]", "der-Tseredah"]·EN["Tseredatah", "the-Tseredah"]·FR["[צרדתה]", "le-Tseredah"]·heb["ה-צרדה", "צרדתה-ה"]·HI["सरेदा", "सरेदाह"]·ID["Zereda"]·IT["[צרדתה]", "il-Tseredah"]·jav["Seréda", "Séréda"]·KO["그-시레다의", "스레다"]·PT["Tseredah", "Tseredatah"]·RU["Цередатой", "Цереды"]·ES["Tseredatá", "la-Sereda"]·SW["Serada", "Sereda"]·TR["Tsereda", "Tsereda'nın"]·urd["صریدہ", "صریدہ-کے"]
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
† צְרֵדָה n.pr.loc. home of Jerob. 1 K 11:26, Σαρειρα, A Σαριδα; v. [צְרֵרָה] צָֽרְתָן.