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title: שִׁפְרָה — Shiphrah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁפְרָה (8236), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: Shiphrah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁפְרָה

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«שִׁפְרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Shiphrah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 8236 · **BDB:** שִׁפְרָה²

### Glosses

\[was\].Shiphrah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Shiphrah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8236/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8236/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. Hebrew midwife, Ex 1:15 (E); Σεπφωρα (cf. LagBN 90).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «שִׁפְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8236/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 1:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.1.15/)

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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם לַֽמְיַלְּדֹ֖ת הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר שֵׁ֤ם הָֽאַחַת֙ שִׁפְרָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖ית פּוּעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the.king of.Egypt to the midwives (the) Hebrew who the.name of the.one \[was\].Shiphrah and the.name of the.second \[was\].Puah

*JPS 1917:* And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah;

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