Zillah

See also: zillah

English

Etymology

From Hebrew צִלָּה (“shade”).

Proper noun

Zillah

1. A female given name from Hebrew.
   • 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:

     ON the fifth morning, or rather afternoon, a different step approached - lighter and shorter; and, this time, the person entered the room. It was Zillah; donned in her scarlet shawl, with a black silk bonnet on her head, and a willow-basket swung to her arm.

2. (biblical, Torah) The wife of Lamech.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:19:

     :

     And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Translations

biblical character

• Vietnamese: Si-la, Xi-la