zipporah

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Definition of zipporah in English English dictionary

The wife of Moses

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

A female given name of biblical origin

{i} daughter of Jethro and the wife of Moses (Bible); female first name

Etymology

() From Classical Hebrew צִפֹּרָה (TZipporā), a feminization of the word for “bird”.