צִפֹּרָה
tsipora · Zipporah
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6855 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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tsipora (צִפֹּרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Zipporah”.
Daughter of the priest of Midian and wife of Moses. The name means "bird".
How to say it
tsi·po·ra
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Exodus 2:21
Moses agreed to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
- Exodus 4:25
Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off the foreskin of her son and touched it to his feet and said, “Surely a bridegroom of blood you are to me!”
- Exodus 18:2
Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, had taken Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,