Lexical Definition

‎תִּרְצָה‎ Tirtsâh (teer-tsaw') Tirzah ^N:N-F-P
from ‎רָצָה‎; delightsomeness

Tirzah.

• § Tirzah = "favourable"
• Tirtsah, a place in Palestine
• also an Israelitess

n pr f
1) one of the 7 daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher of the tribe of Manasseh
n pr loc
2) one of the kingdoms on the west of the Jordan conquered by Joshua and the Israelites
3) a Canaanite city, later capital of the northern kingdom of Israel

Extended Information

• one of the kingdoms on the west of the Jordan conquered by Joshua and the Israelites
• a Canaanite city, later capital of the northern kingdom of Israel

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תִּרְצָה‎ proper name, feminine and of a location (pleasure, beauty); —

1. feminine daughter of Selophehad of Gilead Num 26:33; Num 27:1; Num 36:11; Josh 17:3 Θερσα.

2. location old Canaanite city Josh 12:24, early cap. of Northern Israel (until Omri) 1Kgs 14:17 (‎תִּרְצָ֫תָה‎), 1Kgs 15:21; 1Kgs 15:33; 1Kgs 16:6; 1Kgs 16:8; 1Kgs 16:9 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 16:15; 1Kgs 16:17; 1Kgs 16:23, Θαρσα, usually Θερσα; Menahem's base of operations 2Kgs 15:14; 2Kgs 15:16 (Θαρς(ε)ιλα v2Kgs 15:14, Euseb^{Onom. 263, 62, ed. Lag} compare Θαρσιλα, village of Samaritans in Batanea, and Buhl^{Geogr. 247} conjecture Tesîl, 20 miles east of Lake Gennesaret, but this too remote); in simile of beauty (omitted by ᵐ5) Song 6:4 (|| ‎יְרוּשָׁלַם‎); — site not certain; conjectured are: Tallûza, just north of Mt. Ebal (Rob^{BR iii. 302 f.}), Tayaƒir, approximately 10 miles further northeast, > e‰-ˆîre, south of Gerizim (see, on these, GASm^{Geogr. 355} Buhl^{Geogr. 203} Aglen^{Hast. DB. under the word}).

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Tirzah • Canaanite city that became the capital of Israel

Tirzah, a Canaanite city captured by Joshua, later served as the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel before Samaria (Josh. 12:24; 1 Kgs. 14:17; 15:21, 33; 16:6-23).

• A location first mentioned at Jos.12.24;
• only referred to as Tirzah תִּרְצָה.
  

Tirzah was a Canaanite city that was captured by Joshua during the conquest of Canaan (Josh. 12:24). It later became the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel during the reigns of Jeroboam I, Nadab, Baasha, Elah, Zimri, and Omri (1 Kgs. 14:17; 15:21, 33; 16:6-23). Tirzah served as the royal residence and administrative center until Omri built Samaria, which then became the new capital (1 Kgs. 16:23-24). The city is also mentioned in the Song of Solomon, where the beauty of the Shulammite woman is likened to that of Tirzah (Song 6:4). Tirzah's exact location is uncertain, but it is believed to have been situated in the hill country of Samaria, possibly near modern-day Tell el-Far'ah, about 7 miles northeast of Nablus.

All entries for Tirzah: תִּרְצָה