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title: זִלְפָּה — Zilpah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: זִלְפָּה (2153), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: Zilpah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# זִלְפָּה

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«זִלְפָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zilpah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 2153 · **BDB:** זִלְפָּה

### Glosses

Zilpah (4); of.Zilpah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zilpah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2153/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2153/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. Leah’s maid, one of Jacob’s wives, mother of Gad and Asher Gn 29:24; 30:9, 10, 12 (all J), 35:26; 37:2; 46:18 (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «זִלְפָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1494/2153/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 30:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.10/)

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וַתֵּ֗לֶד זִלְפָּ֛ה שִׁפְחַ֥ת לֵאָ֖ה לְיַעֲקֹ֥ב בֵּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and she.bore Zilpah the.maidservant of.Leah to Jacob a.son

*JPS 1917:* And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son.

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[Genesis 30:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.12/)

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וַתֵּ֗לֶד זִלְפָּה֙ שִׁפְחַ֣ת לֵאָ֔ה בֵּ֥ן שֵׁנִ֖י לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* and she.bore Zilpah the.maidservant of.Leah a.son second to Jacob

*JPS 1917:* And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son.

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