Zilpâh — H2153

Definition

feminine proper noun

Zilpah, Leah's maid

1. Zilpah = "a trickling"
2. the Syrian given by Laban to Leah as a handmaid, a concubine of Jacob, mother of Asher and Gad

Usually translated as

Zilpah

Origin

; from an unused root apparently meaning to trickle, as myrrh; fragrant dropping

Occurrences

Zilpâh occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7)

• Genesis 29:24 — And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah (זִלְפָּ֖ה) his maid for an handmaid.
• Genesis 30:9 — When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah (זִלְפָּ֣ה) her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
• Genesis 30:10 — And Zilpah (זִלְפָּ֛ה) Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
• Genesis 30:12 — And Zilpah (זִלְפָּה֙) Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
• Genesis 35:26 — And the sons of Zilpah (זִלְפָּ֛ה), Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
• Genesis 37:2 — These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah (זִלְפָּ֖ה), his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
• Genesis 46:18 — These are the sons of Zilpah (זִלְפָּ֔ה), whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.