Zipporah

Midianite priest's daughter

Zipporah is a biblical figure, the wife of Moses.

She was a Midianite, daughter of the priest Jethro, whom Moses married after fleeing Egypt.

She appears in Exodus, notably circumcising their son to avert divine wrath.

The name, meaning "bird" in Hebrew, is occasionally used as a given name.

biblical-wife

Moses

Hebrew prophet, liberator

Jethro · well · shepherd · flint · marriage · Sephora · matriarch · mother · spouse · intermarriage

Midianite

Jethro

  • priestOne who performs sacraments
  • desertTo leave behind completely
  • nomadHomeless wanderer by choice

herder · sheep · tent · well · Arabia · Sinai · tribe · clan · daughter · hospitality

circumcision

flint

Spark-producing sedimentary rock

feet · son · inn · night · touch · deliverance · covenant · obedience · protection · mysterious

Opposites
ethnic/religious origin

ZipporahSarah

Female name, Hebrew origin

Miriam · Rebekah · Rachel · Leah · Rebecca

agency and assertiveness in biblical narrative

ZipporahLot's wife

Biblical figure turned crystalline

Family

sparrow, bird

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