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Sheerah (personal name: daughter of Ephraim or his descendant)
This is a feminine personal name appearing in 1 Chronicles 7:24, identifying a daughter (or female descendant) of Ephraim who built three towns: Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah. She is the only woman in biblical genealogies credited with founding cities, making her remarkable. The name may be related to the word for 'flesh' or 'kinship,' though its precise etymology is uncertain. The Septuagint struggled with this name, rendering it variously.

Senses
1. sense 1 1 Chronicles 7:24 identifies Sheerah as Ephraim's daughter who 'built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah.' The multilingual glosses transliterate: Spanish 'Seera,' English 'Sheerah.' This unique notice makes Sheerah extraordinary in biblical record—a woman credited with founding multiple settlements. Whether biological daughter or more distant descendant is debated, but the text honors her as builder and founder. Uzzen-sheerah ('ear/corner of Sheerah') perpetuates her name geographically, rare recognition for a woman's accomplishment.
DISCOURSE_NAMES Names of Persons and Places Proper Names (Personal)
AR["شَأرَة"]·ben["শেরা"]·DE["[שארה]"]·EN["Sheerah"]·FR["[שארה]"]·heb["שארה"]·HI["शेराह"]·ID["Seera"]·IT["[שארה]"]·jav["Séèra"]·KO["세에라"]·PT["Sheerah"]·RU["Шеэра"]·ES["Seera"]·SW["Sheera"]·TR["Şeera"]·urd["شارہ"]

Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
שֶׁאֱרָה n.pr.f. ‘daughter’ of Ephraim;—בִּתּוֹ שׁ׳ 1 Ch 7:24 (v. also n.pr.loc. אֻזֵּן שׁ׳ p. 25a supr.); 𝔊b ἐκείνοις τ. καταλοίποις, but 𝔊L (cf. 𝔊a) θυγάτηρ αὐτοῦ Σαραα.