Hebrew word · H2129

זִיפָה

vezifah

Ziphah

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.16;

son of: Jehallelel (H3094);

brother of: Ziph (H2128J), Tiria (H8493) and Asarel (H0840)

§ Ziphah = "battlement"

a son of Jehaleleel, a descendant of Judah, and brother of Ziph

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

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 4:16 וְזִיפָ֔ה and Ziphah

    The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

    Here: Second son. The name is Ziph with an -ah ending, which in Hebrew often marks a feminine form, but the list counts Ziphah among the 'sons'. Ziph and Ziphah may be paired clan names linked to the same area.

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