How to Pronounce Zipporah
Zih-POH-rah
Zipporah is pronounced Zih-POH-rah (zɪˈpɔːrə): three syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: zi-POR-uh.
What does Zipporah mean?
Zipporah means “beauty; trumpet; mourning”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Zipporah?
A female bird. Reuel’s daughter, who became the wife of Moses (Ex. 2:21). In consequence of the event recorded in Ex. 4:24-26, she and her two sons, Gershom and Eliezer, when so far on the way with Moses toward Egypt, were sent back by him to her own kinsfolk, the Midianites, with whom they sojourned till Moses afterwards joined them (18:2-6).
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
zi-POR-uh
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