Bilhah

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Bilhah

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Borrowed from Hebrew בִּלְהָה (bilhá).

proper noun

A handmaid of Rachel and mother of Dan and Naphtali. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher:
A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

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name handmaid of Rachel

Español	Bilha
हिन्दी	बिल्हा bilhā
Italiano	Bila
Ελληνικά	Βαλλά Vallá
Русский	Ва́лла Válla
עברית	בִּלְהָה

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"Bilhah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bilhah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Bilhah. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bilhah

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@misc{bilhah_2026,
  title = {Bilhah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bilhah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}