Hebrew word · H1090

בִּלְהָה

bilhah

Bilhah

Appears 11 times in 11 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Genesis · 9
  1. Genesis 29:29 בִּלְהָ֖ה Bilhah

    Laban also gave his servant girl Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maidservant.

  2. Genesis 30:3 בִלְהָ֖ה Bilhah

    Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”

  3. Genesis 30:4 בִּלְהָ֥ה Bilhah

    So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,

  4. Genesis 30:5 בִּלְהָ֔ה Bilhah

    and Bilhah conceived and bore him a son.

  5. Genesis 30:7 בִּלְהָ֖ה Bilhah

    And Rachel’s servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son.

  6. Genesis 35:22 בִּלְהָ֖ה֙ Bilhah

    While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:

    Here: Rachel's maidservant, whom Rachel gave to Jacob as a wife-substitute. She was mother of Dan and Naphtali (30:3–8). Rachel has just died (35:16–20).

  7. Genesis 35:25 בִלְהָה֙ Bilhah

    The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali.

  8. Genesis 37:2 בִלְהָ֛ה Bilhah

    This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.

  9. Genesis 46:25 בִלְהָ֔ה Bilhah

    These are the sons of Jacob born to Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel—seven in all.

1 Chronicles · 2
  1. 1 Chronicles 4:29 וּבְבִלְהָ֥ה and in Bilhah

    Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

  2. 1 Chronicles 7:13 בִלְהָֽה׃ פ Bilhah

    The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—the descendants of Bilhah.

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