Zipporah
English
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew צִפֹּרָה (ṣippōrā), a feminization of ציפור / צִפֹּר (ṣippōr, “bird”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɪpəɹə/, /zɪˈpɔːɹə/
Proper noun
Zipporah
- (biblical) The wife of Moses.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 2:21::
- And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
- A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Translations
biblical character