Têl Charshâʼ — H8521

Definition

locative proper noun

Tel-Charsha, a place in Babylonia

1. Tel-harsa or Tel-haresha = "mound of the deaf mute"
2. a town of Babylon
1. probably located in the low country near the sea

Usually translated as

Tel-haresha, Tel-harsa

Origin

from H8510 and the feminine of H2798; mound of workmanship

• Derived from Têl (H8510)
• Derived from Chărâshîym (H2798)

Occurrences

Têl Charshâʼ occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)

• Ezra 2:59 — And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa (תֵּ֣ל), Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
• Nehemiah 7:61 — And these were they which went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha (תֵּ֣ל), Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.