Zipporah

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Zipporah

/ˈzɪpəɹə/
/zɪˈpɔːɹə/

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

proper noun

The wife of Moses. 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.

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name biblical character

Español	Séfora
中文	西坡拉 Xīpōlā
हिन्दी	सिप्पोरा sipporā
Français	Zéphora
Italiano	Sefora
العربية	صَفُّورَة ṣaffūra
עברית	צפורה tsipóra

name female given name

Español	Séfora
हिन्दी	ज़िपोरा ziporā

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@misc{zipporah_2026,
  title = {Zipporah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zipporah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}