Etymology?: feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out , see mišpāḥā מִשְׁפָּחָה ‘family’
šifḥā n, f
1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl
1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress)
1b) of address, speaker, humility (fig)
Mentioned in Genesis 20:14, 25:12, 12:16, 16:1, 16:2, 16:3, 16:5, 16:6, 24:35, 32:6, 32:23, 33:2, 16:8, 30:18, 30:43, 33:1, 30:4, 35:26, 30:9, 29:24, 29:29, 30:7, 35:25, 30:10, 30:12, 33:6 Exodus 11:5 Codex Leviticus 19:20 Deuteronomy 28:68 1 Samuel 25:27, 25:41, 1:18, 28:22, 28:21, 8:16 2 Samuel 14:12, 14:15, 14:17, 14:19, 14:7, 14:6, 17:17 2 Kings 4:16, 4:2, 5:26 Isaiah 24:2, 14:2 Jeremiah 34:9, 34:11, 34:10, 34:16 Joel 3:2 Psalms 123:2 Proverbs 30:23 Ruth 2:13 Ecclesiastes 2:7 Esther 7:4 2 Chronicles 28:10