Zipporah
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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.
Aliases (1)
- Tzipporah ×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
→
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 → |