Tiphsah] A city (situate in the way to Tirzah) thorow which Menahem desired to passe. the women] He was so incensed against Tiphsah, for refusing to entertain him, as he spared not their women great with childe, but opened their wombs, because the citizens would not open their gates to him. See an example of great severity for a like cause, Judges 8, 5, 16. Chap. 8. 12.