How to Pronounce Bilhah
BIL-hah
Bilhah is pronounced BIL-hah (ˈbɪlhɑː): two syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: BILL-hah.
What does Bilhah mean?
Bilhah means “Bilhan, who is old or confused”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Bilhah?
Bilhah was the handmaid whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel (Genesis 29:29). Rachel gave her to Jacob as a wife, and she bore Dan and Naphtali (Genesis 30:4, Genesis 35:25); Reuben afterward lay with her, and Israel heard of it (Genesis 35:22). The same name also marks a town listed among the settlements of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:29).
Also pronounced
BILL-hah
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