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Maresha was an Iron Age city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, whose remains have been excavated at Tell Sandahanna (Arabic name), an archaeological mound or 'tell' renamed after its identification to Tel Maresha (Hebrew: תל מראשה).
The Ugaritic pronunciation is sometimes referred to as marziḥu, [7] but the original pattern was *maqtal-(i.e. marzaḥu, as it was pronounced at Emar), and the form marziḥu reflected in some Akkadian transliterations may be a result of vowel harmony near a guttural. [8] Marzēaḥ (מרזח) is the Tiberian Hebrew pronunciation. [6]
The name Moresheth-Gath appears only once in the Hebrew Scriptures, inscribed in a verse taken from Micah 1:14.Biblical exegetes, Avraham ibn Ezra and David Kimhi, both explain the word as being "a place-name in the land of the Philistines," Kimhi adding that the name implies "the inheritance of Gath," namely, the city of Gath which was captured by David and which came into his inheritance (1 ...
Beit Guvrin-Maresha National Park is a national park in central Israel, containing a large network of caves recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. [1] The national park includes the remains of the historical towns of Maresha, one of the important towns of Judah during the First Temple Period, [2] and Bayt Jibrin, a depopulated Palestinian town known as Eleutheropolis in the Roman era. [3]
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According to the Bible, Shelah/Shela (Hebrew: שֵׁלָה, Modern: Shela, Tiberian: Šēlā, meaning "petition" [1]) was the third son of Judah, and was born at Chezib, [2] which can be identified with an unknown town in the vicinity of Mareshah.
The pronunciation in the Semitic language of the Maltese people is rather similar to the Hebrew pronunciation of Tarshish (Maltese pronunciation: [tɐrˈʃɪːn]). All megalithic temples from the Neolithic epoch of Malta are assigned to the Tarxien phase of the island. The inhabitants claim that Tarxien was founded by the Carthaginians. [32]