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Zelophehad

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6765

צְלׇפְחָד

tse.loph.chad — Zelophehad

A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.33; son of: Hepher (H2660A); father of: Mahlah (H4244), Noah (H5270), Hoglah (H2295), Milcah (H4435H) and Tirzah (H8656) § Zelophehad = "first-born" a Manassite, son of Hepher and grandson of Gilead; came out of Egypt with Moses and died in the wilderness leaving only five daughters as heirs; their right to the inheritance was confirmed by divine direction

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8656

תִּרְצָה

tir.tsah — Tirzah

A woman of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.33; daughter of: Zelophehad (H6765); sister of: Mahlah (H4244), Noah (H5270), Hoglah (H2295) and Milcah (H4435H) § Tirzah = "favourable" 1) one of the 7 daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher of the tribe of Manasseh 2) one of the kingdoms on the west of the Jordan conquered by Joshua and the Israelites 3) a Canaanite city, later capital of the northern kingdom of Israel

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4435

מִלְכָּה

mil.kah — Milcah

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.29; daughter of: Haran (H2039); sister of: Lot (H3876) and Iscah (H3252); married to Nahor (H5152H); mother of: Uz (H5780H), Buz (H0938), Kemuel (H7055), Chesed (H3777), Hazo (H2375), Pildash (H6394), Jidlaph (H3044) and Bethuel (H1328A) § Milcah = "queen" 1) daughter of Haran and wife of Nahor, her uncle and Abraham's brother, to whom she bore 8 children 2) a daughter of Zelophehad and granddaughter of Manasseh

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2660

חֵ֫פֶר

che.pher — Hepher

A man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.32; son of: Gilead (H1568H); brother of: Abiezer (H0044I), Helek (H2507), Asriel (H0844), Shechem (H7928) and Shemida (H8061); father of: Zelophehad (H6765) Also named: cheph.ri (חֶפְרִי "Hepherite" H2662) § Hepher = "a well" 1) youngest son of Gilead and head of the family of Hepherites 2) son of Asher, the father of Tekoa 3) the Mecherathite, one of David's mighty warriors

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4244

מַחְלָה

mach.lah — Mahlah

A woman of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.33; daughter of: Zelophehad (H6765); sister of: Noah (H5270), Hoglah (H2295), Milcah (H4435H) and Tirzah (H8656) § Mahlah = "disease" 1) the eldest of 5 daughters of Zelophehad the grandson of Manasseh 2) a Gileadite

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2295

חׇגְלָה

chog.lah — Hoglah

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5270

נֹעָה

no.ah — Noah

A woman of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.33; daughter of: Zelophehad (H6765); sister of: Mahlah (H4244), Hoglah (H2295), Milcah (H4435H) and Tirzah (H8656) § Noah = "motion" one of the 5 daughters of Zelophehad in the time of the exodus

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2662

חֶפְרִי

cheph.ri — Hepherite

Someone descended from Hepher who was a man of the tribe of Manasseh living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Num.26.32; son of: Gilead (H1568H); brother of: Abiezer (H0044I), Helek (H2507), Asriel (H0844), Shechem (H7928) and Shemida (H8061); father of: Zelophehad (H6765) Group of che.pher (חֵ֫פֶר "Hepher" H2660A) § Hepherites , of Hepher "a pit" or "shame" descendants of Hepher, son of Gilead

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Historical dictionary entry

First-born, of the tribe of Manasseh, and of the family of Gilead; died in the wilderness. Having left no sons, his daughters, concerned lest their father’s name should be “done away from among his family,” made an appeal to Moses, who, by divine direction, appointed it as “a statute of judgment” in Israel that daughters should inherit their father’s portion when no sons were left (Num. 27:1-11). But that the possession of Zelophehad might not pass away in the year of jubilee from the tribe to which he belonged, it was ordained by Moses that his daughters should not marry any one out of their father’s tribe; and this afterwards became a general law (Num. 36).

Scripture references

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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