Bilhah
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew בִּלְהָה (bilhá).
Proper noun
Bilhah
- (biblical) A handmaid of Rachel and mother of Dan and Naphtali.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 35:22b-26:
- 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: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
- A female given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.