Lexicon
צִיחָא
tsi.ach
H6727
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Ziha

3
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

tsi.ach is used as a proper name in temple-servant lists and for a supervisor of those servants.

The attested form functions as a proper name: it occurs in temple-servant lists and identifies a person associated with supervising the temple servants.

Senses in use

  1. Proper name among temple servants · dominant

    All three occurrences are tagged Noun · Proper. In Ezra 2:43 and Nehemiah 7:46, the APB renders a list beginning “The temple servants: the sons of Ziha”; in Nehemiah 11:21, it names Ziha alongside Gishpa in supervising the temple servants.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Ziha” in each verse, both in the phrase “the sons of Ziha” and in the statement that Ziha and Gishpa supervised the temple servants. The verse is read as a whole.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture