Lexicon / H1090a
בִּלְהָה
bil.hah
  • Bilhah

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Bilhah

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.29; married to Israel (H3478);

mother of: Dan (H1835H) and Naphtali (H5321)

§ Bilhah = "troubled"

Rachel's handmaid whom she gave to Jacob as a concubine, mother to two of Jacob's children, Dan and Naphtali

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Bilhah

בִּלְהָה n.pr.f . (etym. dub.) handmaid of Rachel, concubine of Jacob