חֹסָה Hosah
Every verse in which this name stands — 5 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
An Israelite; also a place in Palestine. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Joshua 19:29 and last at 1 Chronicles 26:16.
וְשָׁב הַגְּבוּל הָֽרָמָה וְעַד־עִיר מִבְצַר־צֹר וְשָׁב הַגְּבוּל חֹסָה ויהיו תֹצְאֹתָיו הַיָּמָּה מֵחֶבֶל אַכְזִֽיבָה
And the border turned to Ramah, and to the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea from Hebel to Achzib;
וְעֹבֵד אֱדֹם וַאֲחֵיהֶם שִׁשִּׁים וּשְׁמוֹנָה וְעֹבֵד אֱדֹם בֶּן־יְדִיתוּן וְחֹסָה לְשֹׁעֲרִֽים
and Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jedithun and Hosah to be door-keepers;
וּלְחֹסָה מִן־בְּנֵי־מְרָרִי בָּנִים שִׁמְרִי הָרֹאשׁ כִּי לֹא־הָיָה בְכוֹר וַיְשִׂימֵהוּ אָבִיהוּ לְרֹֽאשׁ
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief—for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief—
חִלְקִיָּהוּ הַשֵּׁנִי טְבַלְיָהוּ הַשְּׁלִשִׁי זְכַרְיָהוּ הָרְבִעִי כָּל־בָּנִים וְאַחִים לְחֹסָה שְׁלֹשָׁה עָשָֽׂר
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
לְשֻׁפִּים וּלְחֹסָה לַֽמַּעֲרָב עִם שַׁעַר שַׁלֶּכֶת בַּֽמְסִלָּה הָעוֹלָה מִשְׁמָר לְעֻמַּת מִשְׁמָֽר
To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goeth up, ward against ward.
Quick answers
What is the gematria of Hosah?
Hosah — חסה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 73 in the standard method.
How many times is Hosah named in the Tanakh?
5 times, first at Joshua 19:29.
A spelling is not a name. The written word חסה stands 2 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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