Zi'phah (Heb. Ziphah', nSiT, fem. of Ziph [lent, Fiirst ] ; Sept. Zf 0a v. r. 7.a<p(i or Zatcpa ; Yulg. Zipha^, second named of the four " sons" of Jehaleleel of the tribe of Judah (1 Chron. iv, 16). B.C. post 1G18.
Ziph'ini (Psa. liv, title). See ZirmxE.
Ziph'ion (Gen. xlvi, 16). See Zepiion,
Ziph'ite ( Heb. with the art. [except 1 Sam. xxiii, 19] haz-Ziphi, "^E^'il [always in the plur., but abbre- viated D"'ET in ver. 19; xxvi, 1]; Sept. Zji^aTot; Vulg. Ziphcei; A. V. " Ziphites," but " Ziphims" in Psa. liv, title), the patrial designation of the inhabitants of the town of Zirii (q. v.).
Zi'phron [some Ziph'roii] (Heb. Ziphron', 'flSt, fraf/rance [Gesen.] or beautiful top [Fiirst] ; Sept, Zt- (ppuovd V. r. Ai(ppwvd ; Vulg. Zephrona, both from the di- rective n of the Heb.), a place on the northern bounda- rj' of the Promised Land, and consequently also of Naph- tali (Numb, xxxiv, 9, where it is mentioned between Zedad and Hazar-enan ; possibly the present Kuvkaba, a village high up the western slope of Wady et-Teim (Robinson, Zrt/e?- i?M. p. 385). In the parallel passage (Ezek. xlvii, 16), Hazar-hatticon (q. v.) occurs in a simi- lar connection. According to Jerome (ad loc. F.zech?), it' was the Zephyvinm C'ilici(e (Mannert,VII, ii, 66, 76). But this is too far away. Wetzstein thinks it is the exten- sive river Zifran, fourteen hours north-east of Damas- cus (Reiseberichtiiber Huuran,\i.i^)\ but this is equal- ly out of the question (comp. Schwarz, Palest, p. 27). See Tribe.
Zip'por (Heb. Tsippor', "ilQ^J [briefly "I'S^J, Numb, xxii, 10; xxiii, 18], .tpun-oic \cQm\). Zipporah~\\ Sept. '2eTr<poip; Vulg. Sephor), father of Balak, king of Moab, who is always designated by this patronymic title (xxii, 2, 4, 10, 16"; xxiii, 18; Josh, xxiv, 9:" Judg. xi, 25). B.C. ante 1618: He is possibly the king referred to in Numb, xxi, 26. See Balak; Moab.
Zippo'rah (H.ch.Tsippo7-ah' , il"i5^, iam.oi Zippor;
Sept. 'S.CTTfojpa ; Josephns, 'EaTrrfuopa. A nf. iii. 3. 1 : Vulg.
Tell Zif. (From a photograph by the Editoi.)
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Sephora'),one of the spveii daughters of Reuel orJcthn), I the priest of Jlidian. wlio became the wife of Moses ami mother of his two sons (iershotn and Kliozer (Kxod. ii. 21; iv, '2o; xviii, '2: coiiip. ver. !!)• l l>e niost note- worthy incident in lier life is the account of the cir- cumcision of the I'oriner. who had remained for some time after his birth uncircumcised; but an ilhiess into which Moses fell in a klian wiien on liisway to I'haraoh, beini; accounted a token of the divine displeasure, led to the circumcision of llie cliilil, when Zipporali, hav- infT, it appears, reluctantly yielded to the ceremony, ex- claimed, "Surely a bloody luisband tliou art to me" (^iv. 26; see Frischmuth. I)e Circiimcixione Zipporm [Jen. 16G3] ; Ilase, De Sponso Sanijiuneo [Hal. 1753]). This event seems to have caused some alienation of feelinn;, for Moses sent his wife back to her father, by whom she was aicain brought to her husband while in the desert, when a reconciliation took place, which was ratified by religious rites (On. xviii, 1 s.(.\.). 1?.C. 1058. It has been suggested that Zijiporah was the Cusliite (A. V. "Ethiopian") wife who turnishod Miriam and Aaron with the pretext for their attack on ^Moses (Numb, xii, 1, etc.). A slight conlirmation for this appears to be that in a passage of llabakkuk (iii, 7) the names of Cushan and Midian are mentioned together. Another suggestion is that of Kwald {Gesch. ii. 2"20, note), name- ly, that the Cushite was a second wife, or a concubine, taken by Moses during the march through the wilder- ness— wiiether after the death of Zipporah (which is not mentioned) or from other circumstances must be uncertain. See Mosics.
Ziz (Heb. with the art. hats-T.tils, "j^SO. '/"^ pro- jection; Sept. 'A(TO£ V. r. 'XaatiQ; Vulg. Sis), the name of a cliff (nsy'D, ascent) or pass by which the band of Moabites, Ammonites, and !Mehunim who attacked Je- hoshaphat made their way up from the shores of the Dead Sea to the wilderness of Judah near Tekoa (2 Chron. XX, 16 ; comp. ver. 20). There can be very lit- tje doubt that it was the pass of .•!?« .lidy — "the very same route," as Robinson remarks, "which is taken by the Arabs in their marauding expeditions at the present day; along the shore as far as to Ain Jidy, and then up the pass, and so northward below Tekfia" {Bibl. Res.
i, 508, 530). The pass, although exceedingly precipi- tous, is still a great tliorougbfare (Tristram, Land <;/' Moiib. p. 41). The name liaz-Ziz may perhaps be still traceable in d-llususith, which is attached to a large tract of table-land lying ininiediaicly abuve the pass of .\in .lidy, between it and Teki'ia, and Ixunxlcd on the north by a wady of the same name {Uihl. N<s.i,'y2~), Lieut. Condcr remarks that there is a ruin called K/iii- het 'Aziz south of Yutta (Unar. Statement of the " Palest. Kxplor. Fund," Jan. 1875, p. 15).
Zi'za (Ileb. Ziza', ST"'T, abundance [(iesen.] or itfiiuiny [Filrst] ; Sept. Zi^fi or ZovL.d'), the name of two men. See also Ziz.vii.
1. Third named of the four sons of Kehoboara by Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom (2 Chron. X\, 20). I?.C. i>osi 973.
2. Son of Sliiphi and one of the chiefs of the Simeon- ites, whoin the reign ofllezekiah niade a raid upon the peaceable llamite shepherds of (ledor and smote them, "because there was ])asture there for their flocks" (I Chron. iv, 37). B.C. cir. 725.