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Zilpah

[ zil-puh ]

noun

  1. the mother of Gad and Asher. Genesis 30:10–13.


Zilpah

/ ˈzɪlpə /

noun

  1. Old Testament Leah's maidservant, who bore Gad and Asher to Jacob (Genesis 30:10–13)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Zilpah1

From Hebrew Zilpāh, possibly “short-nosed”
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Example Sentences

Once, Thoreau wrote, a frequenter of the woods passed Zilpah’s house and claimed to have heard her muttering to herself, witchlike, over a gurgling pot — “Ye all are bones, bones!”

But Zilpah was no witch; she simply shared her brother’s stubborn freedom-seeking streak.

Thoreau also recalled Freeman’s sister, Zilpah White, in her tiny cabin, where she wove linen into cloth for people in town while “making the Walden Woods ring with her shrill singing, for she had a loud and notable voice.”

Zilpah shared her tiny hut with her hens, straining her eyes to near blindness with the intricate task of weaving, Lemire writes.

Shortly after Freeman’s escape, arsonists burned Zilpah’s home to the ground.

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