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צִפֹּרָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6855

Zipporah — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Zipporah tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

צִפֹּרָה: n.pr.f. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.f. wife of Moses (bird);—Ex 2:21; 4:25; 18:2; Σεπφωρα (cf. LagBN 90 Anm.*).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Zipporah (3).

In the verses

Exodus 18:2 · tree →

וַיִּקַּ֗ח יִתְרוֹ֙ חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֶת־צִפֹּרָ֖ה אֵ֣שֶׁת מֹשֶׁ֑ה אַחַ֖ר שִׁלּוּחֶֽיהָ׃

Word for word: and he.had.taken Jethro the.father-in-law of.Moses (et) Zipporah the.wife of.Moses after dismissal(s) her

JPS 1917: And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,

Exodus 2:21 · tree →

וַיּ֥וֹאֶל מֹשֶׁ֖ה לָשֶׁ֣בֶת אֶת־הָאִ֑ישׁ וַיִּתֵּ֛ן אֶת־צִפֹּרָ֥ה בִתּ֖וֹ לְמֹשֶֽׁה׃

Word for word: and he.was.willing Moses to dwell with the man and he.gave (et) Zipporah daughter his to Moses

JPS 1917: And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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