Zilpah

Zilpah

English

Etymology

Old Testament Hebrew

Proper noun

Zilpah

1. Handmaid of Leah and mother of Gad and Asher. (biblical character)
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Genesis 35:22-26:

     Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

2. A female given name of biblical origin.

Translations

handmaid of Leah

Greek: Ζελφά f (Zelfá) Ancient: Ζελφά f (Zelphá) Maori: Tiripa

Russian: Зе́лфа f (Zélfa) Spanish: Zilpa

See also

• Zilpah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia