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zilpā זִלְפָּה ‘Zilpah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root apparently meaning to trickle

zilpā pr n f pers
Zilpah = "a trickling"
1) the Syrian given by Laban to Leah as a handmaid, a concubine of Jacob, mother of Asher and Gad

Mentioned in Genesis 37:2, 35:26, 46:18, 30:9, 29:24, 30:10, 30:12

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