cheph.tsi bah is a proper name used for Manasseh’s mother and for the name promised to Zion.

The term is attested as a proper name: 2 Kings 21:1 names Manasseh’s mother, while Isaiah 62:4 presents it as the name that will replace the designation “Forsaken.”

1. Proper name in personal and promised naming · dominant

   Both occurrences are tagged as a proper noun. In 2 Kings 21:1 the APB renders the clause “The name of his mother was Hephzibah”; in Isaiah 62:4 it renders the promised change of name, “you will be called Hephzibah,” in contrast to being called “Forsaken.”

   2 Kings 21:1Isaiah 62:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “Hephzibah” in both verses: first as Manasseh’s mother’s name and then as a promised name. Its surrounding wording does not by itself define the term.