זִלְפָּה
Zilpâh · zil-paw
Zilpah, Leah's maid
Lexicon
Derivation: ; from an unused root apparently meaning to trickle, as myrrh; fragrant dropping;
Zilpah, Leah's maid
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Zilpah.
Letters
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to cut, to sustain › authority, the one who leads › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
To cut, to sustain of authority, the one who leads that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of זִלְפָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of zilpah3 · 43%
- zilpah2 · 29%
- and zilpah2 · 29%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.