STRONGS NUMBER H2153


Word Summary
Zilpah: one of Jacob's wives
Original Word: זִלְפָה
Transliteration: Zilpah
Phonetic Spelling: (zil-paw)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine
Short Definition: one of Jacob's wives
Meaning: Zilpah -- one of Jacob's wives
Strong's Concordance
Zilpah

: from an unused root apparently meaning to trickle, as myrrh; fragrant dropping; Zilpah, Leah's maid -- Zilpah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2153. Zilpah

זלף‎ (√ of following; Thes compare Aramaic זְלַף‎ Pa`el drop, drip; compare ; also Late Hebrew זִלּוּףsprinkling, dropping, pouring, a full bowl, etc.)

זִלְמָּה

proper name, feminine Leah's maid, one of Jacob's wives, mother of Gad and Asher Genesis 29:24; 30:9-10, 12 (all J), 35:26; 37:2; 46:18 (all P).