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Tirzah (other)
Tirzah or Thyrza may refer to: * Tirzah (name) * '' To Tirzah'', a poem by William Blake * Tirzah (ancient city) * Tirzah Stream * Tirzah, South Carolina, a city of South Carolina * the minor planet 267 Tirza * the novel ''Thyrza'' by George Gissing George Robert Gissing ( ; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. In the 1890s he was considered one of the three greatest novelists in England, and by the 1940s he had been ... * Tirzah (musician), an English singer {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirzah (name)
Tirzah (, variant "Thirza") is the name of one of the daughters of Zelophehad in the Book of Numbers, and of the ancient Canaanite and Israelite city Tirzah. Tirzah in scripture Tirzah is first mentioned in the Torah () as one of the five daughters of Zelophehad. After the death of their father, the five sisters went to Moses and asked him for hereditary rights (). Moses brought their plea to God, and it was granted. To this day, women in Judaism have the right to inherit property, though only when there are no male heirs with an equally close relationship to the deceased. Tirzah is mentioned as a town in Song of Solomon 6:4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. Tirzah in literature Tirzah is a figure in William Blake's mythology, notably in his poem '' To Tirzah'' from Songs of Experience. According to Northrop Frye, Blake identified both the Biblical city of Tirzah and the daughter of Zelophehad with worldliness and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Tirzah
"To Tirzah" is a poem by William Blake that was published in his collection '' Songs of Innocence and of Experience''. It is often described as the most difficult of the poems because it refers to an oblique character called " Tirzah", whose identity is not directly stated. It is a Hebrew name that appears in the Torah, meaning "she is my delight". According to Northrop Frye, Blake identified the name Tirzah with worldliness, because the name appears in the Bible to refer to both a rebellious town and to one of the Daughters of Zelophehad.Interpretations of Blake The latter story was about female inheritance rights which were linked to restrictions on marriage and the maintenance of tribal boundaries. Tirzah symbolises human dependence on worldly sense-experience. The poem presents a contrast between the attractive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirzah (ancient City)
Tirzah () was an ancient town in the Samarian highlands northeast of Shechem; it is generally identified with the site of Tell el-Far'ah (North), northeast of modern city of Nablus, West Bank, in the immediate vicinity of the Palestinian village of Wadi al-Far'a. History The size of the archaeological site is and is located in the hills of Samaria, northeast of Nablus, in what is currently known as the West Bank. The archaeological site is called Tell el-Far'ah (North) in order to distinguish it from Tell el-Far'ah (South), an archaeological site south of Gaza. Excavations were undertaken at Tell el-Far'ah between 1946 and 1960 for nine seasons by École Biblique under the direction of Roland de Vaux. More recently, an international archaeological project led by the Universidade da Coruña, in cooperation with the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, has carried out three excavation seasons between 2017 and 2019 and one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirzah Stream
Wadi al-Far'a () or Tirzah Stream () is a stream in the northern West Bank that empties into the Jordan River south of Damia Bridge. It is the largest stream in the West Bank. Wadi al-Far'a is located in the rugged area of the West Bank and cuts east through the Jordan Valley, passing through the Palestinian village of Wadi al-Far'a. The Tirzah Reservoir is used to collect the floodwater of Wadi al-Far'a before it flows into the Jordan River. Name spelling The Arabic name of Wadi al-Far'a is transliterated in Roman script in many ways. The definite article can be written as ''al''-, ''el''-, without hyphen, or it can be left out altogether. The name of the wadi can be spelled Far'a, Fa'ra, Far'ah, Fa'rah, Farah, Fari'a, or Fari'ah. With diacritics it is Wādī al-Fāri`ah. The Hebrew name also has a variety of transliterations to Roman script. The word for valley or stream: ''Nahal'' or ''Nachal''. The main part of the name: Tirza, Tirzah, Tirtza and Tirtsa. In ancient source ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirzah, South Carolina
Tirzah is an unincorporated community in York County, South Carolina, United States. The elevation of Tirzah is 705 ft. The community is halfway between the city of York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ... and Rock Hill. References Unincorporated communities in York County, South Carolina Unincorporated communities in South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
267 Tirza
267 Tirza is a fairly sizeable, very dark Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 27 May 1887 in Nice. It was his first asteroid discovery. It was named after Tirzah, a name used in the Song of Solomon The Song of Songs (), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five ("scrolls") in the ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh. Unlike other books in the Hebrew Bible, it is erotic poe .... References External links The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database * * 000267 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Gissing
George Robert Gissing ( ; 22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist, who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903. In the 1890s he was considered one of the three greatest novelists in England, and by the 1940s he had been recognised as a literary genius. Gissing's best-known works have reappeared in modern editions. They include ''The Nether World'' (1889), ''New Grub Street'' (1891) and ''The Odd Women'' (1893). He retains a small but devoted group of followers. Biography Early life Gissing was born on 22 November 1857 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, the eldest of five children of Thomas Waller Gissing, who ran a chemist's shop, and Margaret (née Bedford). His siblings were: William, who died aged twenty; Algernon Gissing, Algernon, who became a writer; Margaret; and Ellen.Pierre Coustillas,Gissing, George Robert (1857–1903) (), ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', online), Oxford University Press, 2004. Accessed 17 June 2012. His childhood home i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
