Zipporah

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Zipporah

1. The wife of Moses. (biblical character)
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     And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

2. A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Translations

biblical character

• Danish: Sippora
• Finnish: Sippora
• Hawaiian: Zipora
• Italian: Sefora f
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• Norwegian: Sippora
• Spanish: Séfora (es)
• Swedish: Sippora

female given name

• Hawaiian: Kipola
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• Spanish: Séfora (es)