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H6727G

צִיחָא

tsi.achN:N-M-P

Ziha

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.43 § Ziha = "parched" 1) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile in Babylon with Zerubbabel 2) a chief of the temple slaves in Ophel in the time of Nehemiah

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

צִיחָא proper name, masculine an overseer of Nethinim Neh 11:21, who are called בְּנֵי צִיחָא Ezra 2:43 = צִחָא בְּנֵי Neh 7:46 Σηα, Σιααυ, Σιαλ, Σουλαι, etc.

2 occurrences

Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)