Bilhah, the Glossary
Bilhah ("unworried", Standard Hebrew: Bilha, Tiberian Hebrew: Bīlhā) is a woman mentioned in the Book of Genesis.[1]
Table of Contents
33 relations: Anita Diamant, Apocrypha, Asenath, Book of Genesis, Books of Chronicles, Dan (son of Jacob), David, Handmaiden, Hebrew language, Jacob, Laban (Bible), Leah, Margaret Atwood, Midrash Rabba, Naphtali, Orson Scott Card, Pilegesh, Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer, Rachel, Rachel and Leah, Reuben (son of Jacob), Second Temple period, Shimei, Sibling, Tamar (Genesis), Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, The Handmaid's Tale, The Red Tent (Diamant novel), Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberias, Tomb of the Matriarchs, Xenophobia, Zilpah.
- Ancient slaves
- Jacob
- Jewish concubines
Anita Diamant
Anita Diamant (born June 27, 1951) is an American author of fiction and non-fiction books.
Apocrypha
Apocrypha are biblical or related writings not forming part of the accepted canon of scripture.
Asenath
Asenath (Koine Greek: Ἀσενέθ, Asenéth) is a minor figure in the Book of Genesis. Bilhah and Asenath are book of Genesis people and women in the Hebrew Bible.
Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis (from Greek; בְּרֵאשִׁית|Bərēʾšīṯ|In beginning; Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.
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Books of Chronicles
The Book of Chronicles (דִּבְרֵי־הַיָּמִים, "words of the days") is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Chronicles) in the Christian Old Testament.
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Dan (son of Jacob)
According to the Book of Genesis, Dan (דָּן, Dān, "judgment" or "he judged") was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Bilhah (Jacob's fifth son). Bilhah and Dan (son of Jacob) are book of Genesis people.
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David
David ("beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
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Handmaiden
A handmaiden (nowadays less commonly handmaid or maidservant) is a personal maid or female servant.
Hebrew language
Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.
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Jacob
Jacob (Yaʿqūb; Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Samaritanism, Christianity, and Islam. Bilhah and Jacob are book of Genesis people.
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Laban (Bible)
Laban (Aramaic: ܠܵܒܵܢ), also known as Laban the Aramean, is a figure in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible. Bilhah and Laban (Bible) are book of Genesis people.
Leah
Leah appears in the Hebrew Bible as one of the two wives of the Biblical patriarch Jacob. Leah was Jacob's first wife, and the older sister of his second (and favored) wife Rachel. She is the mother of Jacob's first son Reuben. She has three more sons, namely Simeon, Levi and Judah, but does not bear another son until Rachel offers her a night with Jacob in exchange for some mandrake root (דודאים, dûdâ'îm). Bilhah and Leah are book of Genesis people, Jacob and women in the Hebrew Bible.
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Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, and literary critic.
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Midrash Rabba
Midrash Rabba or Midrash Rabbah can refer to part of or the collective whole of specific aggadic midrashim on the books of the Torah and the Five Megillot, generally having the term "Rabbah", meaning "great," as part of their name.
Naphtali
According to the Book of Genesis, Naphtali was the sixth son of Jacob, the second of his two sons with Bilhah.
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works.
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Pilegesh
(פִּילֶגֶשׁ) is a Hebrew term for a concubine, a marital companion of social and legal status inferior to that of a wife.
Pirkei De-Rabbi Eliezer
Pirkei de-Rabbi Eliezer (translit, 'Chapters of Rabbi Eliezer'; abbreviated, 'PRE') is an aggadic-midrashic work of Torah exegesis and retellings of biblical stories.
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Rachel
Rachel was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Bilhah and Rachel are book of Genesis people and Jacob.
Rachel and Leah
Rachel and Leah (2004) is the third novel in the Women of Genesis series by Orson Scott Card. Bilhah and Rachel and Leah are Jacob.
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Reuben (son of Jacob)
Reuben or Reuven (רְאוּבֵן, Standard Rəʾūven, Tiberian Rŭʾūḇēn) was the first of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's oldest son), according to the Book of Genesis.
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Second Temple period
The Second Temple period or post-exilic period in Jewish history denotes the approximately 600 years (516 BCE – 70 CE) during which the Second Temple stood in the city of Jerusalem.
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Shimei
Shimei (Šīmʿī) is the name of a number of persons referenced in the Hebrew Bible and Rabbinical literature.
Sibling
A sibling is a relative that shares at least one parent with the other person.
Tamar (Genesis)
In the Book of Genesis, Tamar was the daughter-in-law of Judah (twice), as well as the mother of two of his children: the twins Perez and Zerah. Bilhah and Tamar (Genesis) are book of Genesis people and women in the Hebrew Bible.
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Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs is a constituent of the apocryphal scriptures connected with the Bible.
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The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale is a futuristic dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood published in 1985.
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The Red Tent (Diamant novel)
The Red Tent is a historical novel by Anita Diamant, published in 1997 by Wyatt Books for St. Martin's Press.
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Tiberian Hebrew
Tiberian Hebrew is the canonical pronunciation of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) committed to writing by Masoretic scholars living in the Jewish community of Tiberias in ancient Galilee under the Abbasid Caliphate.
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Tiberias
Tiberias (טְבֶרְיָה,; Ṭabariyyā) is an Israeli city on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee.
Tomb of the Matriarchs
The Tomb of the Matriarchs (Hebrew: קבר האמהות, Kever ha'Imahot) in Tiberias, Israel, is the traditional burial place of several biblical women. Bilhah and Tomb of the Matriarchs are women in the Hebrew Bible.
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Xenophobia
Xenophobia (from ξένος (xénos), "strange, foreign, or alien", and (phóbos), "fear") is the fear or dislike of anything which is perceived as being foreign or strange.
Zilpah
In the Book of Genesis, Zilpah (זִלְפָּה Zīlpā, meaning uncertain) was Leah's handmaidIn Context whom Leah gave to Jacob like a wife to bear him children. Bilhah and Zilpah are book of Genesis people, Jacob, Jewish concubines, Slave concubines and women in the Hebrew Bible.
See also
Ancient slaves
- Acacius of Amida
- Apame (concubine)
- Aristonicus (eunuch)
- Artoxares
- Bagoas
- Bagoas (courtier)
- Bigthan and Teresh
- Bilhah
- Chrysaphius
- Cozbi
- Dabitum
- Ebed-Melech
- Ganymedes (eunuch)
- Hagar
- Hermotimus of Pedasa
- Joseph (Genesis)
- Lüzhu
- Lausus (eunuch)
- Makkhali Gosala
- Malchus
- Oracle of Nusku
- Pothinus
- Saint Patrick
- Sha-Nabu-shu
- Tavi (slave)
Jacob
- Al-Anbiya
- Al-Khadra Mosque
- Bilhah
- Blessing of Jacob
- Cave of the Patriarchs
- Coat of many colors
- Esau
- Jacob
- Jacob Frank
- Jacob and Esau
- Jacob in Islam
- Jacob wrestling with the angel
- Jacob's Dream
- Jacob's Ladder
- Jacob's Well
- Ladder of Jacob
- Leah
- Mizpah in Benjamin
- Penuel
- Rachel
- Rachel and Leah
- Sarah and After
- Shiloh (biblical figure)
- Stone of Jacob
- Testament of Jacob
- Yakub (Nation of Islam)
- Yaqub-Har
- Zilpah