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bilhā בִּלְהָה ‘Bilhah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from bālah בָּלַהּ ‘to trouble’
Roots: בלה
Variants: בִּלְהָה, בִּלְהָה

bilhā Apr n f pers Bpr n loc
ABilhah = "troubled"
n pr f
1) Rachel's handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob's children, Dan and Naphtali
BBilhah = "troubled"
n prloc
1) a city in Simeon

Mentioned in Genesis 35:22, 37:2, 30:3, 30:4, 46:25, 29:29, 30:5, 30:7, 35:25 1 Chronicles 4:29, 7:13

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