Lexicon / H2153
זִלְפָּה
zil.pah
  • Zilpah

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Zilpah

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.24; married to Israel (H3478);

mother of: Gad (H1410) and Asher (H0836)

§ Zilpah = "a trickling"

the Syrian given by Laban to Leah as a handmaid, a concubine of Jacob, mother of Asher and Gad

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Zilpah

זִלְפָּה n.pr.f . Leah's maid, one of Jacob's wives, mother of Gad and Asher