Zipporah

English

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew צִפֹּרָה‎ (ṣippōrā), a feminization of ציפור \ צִפֹּר‎ (ṣippōr, “bird”).

Proper noun

Zipporah

The wife of Moses. (biblical character)
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 2:21:
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  And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
A female given name of biblical origin.

Translations

biblical character

Danish: Sippora
Finnish: Sippora
Hawaiian: Zipora
Italian: Sefora f

Norwegian: Sippora
Spanish: Séfora (es)
Swedish: Sippora

female given name

Hawaiian: Kipola

Spanish: Séfora (es)

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