Zipporah

E81543
Midianite biblical figure woman

Zipporah is the Midianite wife of Moses in the Hebrew Bible, known for accompanying him to Egypt and intervening to save his life in a mysterious incident involving their son’s circumcision.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Zipporah canonical 10
Tzipporah 2
Moses’ marriage to Zipporah 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Midianite ⓘ
biblical figure ⓘ
woman ⓘ
appearsIn Book of Exodus ⓘ
associatedPeople Jethro ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
associatedPlace Egypt ⓘ
Midian ⓘ
wilderness ⓘ
associatedWithEvent mysterious incident at the lodging place on the way to Egypt ⓘ
child Eleazar ⓘ
surface form: Eliezer

Gershom ⓘ
ethnicity Midian ⓘ
surface form: Midianite
father Jethro ⓘ
Reuel ⓘ
husbandRole leader of the Israelites ⓘ
prophet ⓘ
knownFor accompanying Moses on his journey to Egypt ⓘ
intervening to save Moses’ life at a lodging place on the way to Egypt ⓘ
performing an emergency circumcision of her son ⓘ
marriageContext Moses’ stay in Midian ⓘ
nameLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
nameMeaning bird ⓘ
nameVariant Zipporah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tzipporah
performedRitual circumcision of her son ⓘ
quote Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me ⓘ
religiousSignificance figure in narratives about covenant and circumcision ⓘ
religiousText Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
roleInNarrative mother of Moses’ sons born in Midian ⓘ
wife who temporarily returns to her father’s house in Midian ⓘ
scripturalReference Exodus 18:2 ⓘ
Exodus 2:16–22 ⓘ
Exodus 4:24–26 ⓘ
sibling seven daughters of Jethro ⓘ
spouse Moses ⓘ
spouseOf Moses ⓘ
textualStatus Old Testament character ⓘ
tradition Christian tradition ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ
Jewish tradition ⓘ
veneratedIn Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moses → associatedWithPeople → Zipporah ⓘ
Jethro → child → Zipporah ⓘ
Jethro → daughter → Zipporah ⓘ
Zipporah → nameVariant → Zipporah self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzipporah
Sephora → nameVariantOf → Zipporah ⓘ
Sephora → basedOn → Zipporah ⓘ
The Prince of Egypt → mainCharacter → Zipporah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tzipporah
Reuel → relative → Zipporah ⓘ
Reuel → fatherOf → Zipporah ⓘ
Reuel → associatedWithEvent → Zipporah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Moses’ marriage to Zipporah
Reuel → hasDaughter → Zipporah ⓘ
Exodus 18 → mainCharacter → Zipporah ⓘ
Gershom → parent → Zipporah ⓘ