Uzzen-sherah — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֻזֵּן שֶׁאֱרָה

אֻזֵּן שֶׁאֱרָה

ʼUzzên Sheʼĕrâh · pronounced ooz-zane' sheh-er-aw' · Strong's H242 · a place

Uzzen-sherah means plot of Sheerah (i.e. settled by him).

Built from

אָזַן ʼâzan (from, H238) — to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen open in the lexicon ›

שֶׁאֱרָה Sheʼĕrâh (and, H7609) — Sheerah, an Israelitess open in the lexicon ›

from H238 and H7609; plot of Sheerah (i.e. settled by him); Uzzen-Sheerah, a place in Palestine.

1Chr 7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth–horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen–sherah.) (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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