šifrā שִׁפְרָה ‘Shiphrah’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
the same as šifrā שִׁפְרָה ‘clearness’
Roots:
שׁפרה
šifrā pr n f pers
Shiphrah = "fair"
1) one of the two Hebrew midwives who were ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to the Hebrews but who disobeyed