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title: צִפֹּרָה — Zipporah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: צִפֹּרָה (6855), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Zipporah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# צִפֹּרָה

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«צִפֹּרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Zipporah** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 6855 · **BDB:** צִפֹּרָה

### Glosses

Zipporah (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Zipporah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6855/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6855/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. wife of Moses (bird);—Ex 2:21; 4:25; 18:2; Σεπφωρα (cf. LagBN 90 Anm.\*).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «צִפֹּרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1510/6855/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 18:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.18.2/)

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וַיִּקַּ֗ח יִתְרוֹ֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־צִפֹּרָ֖ה אֵ֣שֶׁת מֹשֶׁ֑ה אַחַ֖ר שִׁלּוּחֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* and he.had.taken Jethro the.father-in-law of.Moses (et) Zipporah the.wife of.Moses after dismissal(s) her

*JPS 1917:* And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

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[Exodus 2:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.2.21/)

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וַיּ֥וֹאֶל מֹשֶׁ֖ה לָשֶׁ֣בֶת אֶת־הָאִ֑ישׁ וַיִּתֵּ֛ן אֶת־צִפֹּרָ֥ה בִתּ֖וֹ לְמֹשֶֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and he.was.willing Moses to dwell with the man and he.gave (et) Zipporah daughter his to Moses

*JPS 1917:* And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

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