1. Zorah (place name) — Proper noun designating the town of Zorah (also spelled Tsorah, Tzorah), a city in the Shephelah of Judah allotted to Dan (Josh 15:33, 19:41). Famous as the birthplace of Samson (Judg 13:2, 25) and the base from which the Danite spies set out (Judg 18:2, 8, 11). Also mentioned in the fortification list of Rehoboam (2 Chr 11:10) and the post-exilic resettlement (Neh 11:29). Consistently rendered Arabic Sur'a (صُرْعَة), Korean Sora (소라), Spanish Zora/Sora, German Tsorah/Zorah. All prepositional variants (from-Zorah, and-Zorah, in-Zorah) refer to the same geographic location identified with modern Sar'ah west of Jerusalem. 10×
AR["صَرعَةَ","صَرْعَةَ","صُرعَةَ","صُرْعَةَ","صُرْعَةُ","مِن-صَرعَةَ","مِن-صُرْعَةَ","وَ-صَرْعةُ","وَ-فِي-صَرْعَةَ"]·ben["আর-সরায়","এবং-সরয়া","সরা","সরা-থেকে","সরায়","সর্আ","সর্আ-থেকে"]·DE["Tsorah","Zorah","[ובצרעה]","[צרעה]","und-Tzorah","von-Tsorah","von-Zorah"]·EN["Tsorah","Zorah","and-Tzorah","and-in-Tsorah","from-Tsorah","from-Zorah"]·FR["Tsorah","Tsorea","[ובצרעה]","[צרעה]","de-Tsorah","de-Tsorea","et-Tzorah"]·heb["ו-ב-צרעה","ו-צרעה","מ-צרעה","צרעה"]·HI["और-सोरआ","और-सोराह-में","सारआह-को","सारा","साराह","साराह-से"]·ID["Zora","dan-Ayalon","dan-Zora","dan-di-Zora","dari-Zora"]·IT["Tsorah","Tsorea","[ובצרעה]","[צרעה]","da-Tsorah","da-Tsorea","e-Tzorah"]·jav["Zora","dhateng-Zora","lan-Zora","lan-ing-Zora","saking-Zora"]·KO["그리고-소라-에서","그리고-소르아","로부터-쏘라","소라","소라로","소라에서","쏘라"]·PT["Tsor'ah","Tsorá","Tzorah","de-Tsor'ah","de-Tzorah","e-Tsorah","e-em-Tzorah"]·RU["Цора","Цорой","Цору","Цорьой","и-Цора","и-в-Цоре","из-Цоры"]·ES["Sorá","Zora","a-Zora","de-Sorá","de-Zora","y-Zorá","y-en-Zora"]·SW["Sora","kutoka-Sora","na-Sora","na-katika-Sora"]·TR["-den-Tsora","Sora'yı","Tsora","ve-Tsora","ve-Tsora'da"]·urd["اور-صرعہ","اور-صرعہ-میں","صرعہ","صرعہ-سے","صرعہ-کے","صُرعہ"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צָרְעָה n.pr.loc. Σαραα, etc. (cf. also LagBN 85), in the Shephelah of Judah (TelAm. Ṣarḫa, named with Aialuna, Ajalon);—Jos 15:33, but assigned to Dan 19:41; Ju 13:2, 25; 16:31; 18:2, 8, 11; 2 Ch 11:10 Ne 11:29; mod. Ṣarʿa, 15 miles W. from Jerus., cf. GASmGeogr. 218 BuhlGeogr. 195.