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Zilpah

[ zil-puh ]

noun

  1. the mother of Gad and Asher. Genesis 30:10–13.


Zilpah

/ ˈzɪlpə /

noun

  1. Old Testament Leah's maidservant, who bore Gad and Asher to Jacob (Genesis 30:10–13)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Zilpah1

From Hebrew Zilpāh, possibly “short-nosed”
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Example Sentences

Zilpah was gone, and they scratched out her name from the surface of their memories.

And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid, for an handmaid.

Very soon Zilpah adored him; and then he gave notice to her parents that she was to be his wife.

"Zilpah, I baptize thee," said the priest, and all was well.

He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives.

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