תִּרְצָה

1. feminine daughter of Selophehad of Gilead 4 Mos 26,33; 4 Mos 27,1; 4 Mos 36,11; Jos 17,3 Θερσα.

2. location old Canaanite city Jos 12,24, early cap. of Northern Israel (until Omri) 1 Kong 14,17 (תִּרְצָ֫תָה), 1 Kong 15,21; 1 Kong 15,33; 1 Kong 16,6; 1 Kong 16,8; 1 Kong 16,9 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 16,15; 1 Kong 16,17; 1 Kong 16,23, Θαρσα, usually Θερσα; Menahem's base of operations 2 Kong 15,14; 2 Kong 15,16 (Θαρς(ε)ιλα v2 Kong 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) Hoj 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}).