H8236

שִׁפְרָה

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Shiphrah

A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Exo.1.15 § Shiphrah = "fair" one of the two Hebrew midwives who were ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to the Hebrews but who disobeyed

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. שִׁפְרָה proper name, feminine Hebrew midwife, Exod 1:15 1 (E); Σεπφωα (compare Lag^{BN 90}).

1 occurrence

Exodus 1:15