Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Joseph Brian Tucker" <music AT riverviewcog.org>]

Greetings

I am working through the place of Bethsaida in the Hebrew Bible. in Joshua 
19:35 the fortified city of Tzer (TZR) is mentioned. I have two questions:

1. Because of the similarity in the formation of the letters resh and 
dalet, is it possible for TZR to have originally be TZD?

2. Is Tzed linquistically similiar to Bethsaida? If so, how?

Thanks

Brian Tucker, M.A.
Riverview, MI