Zipporah | |
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Detail from Moses Leaving to Egypt by Pietro Perugino, c. 1482. Zipporah is in blue.
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Spouse(s) | Moses |
Children |
Gershom Eliezer |
Parent(s) | Jethro |
Relatives | Reuel (brother) six sisters Aaron (brother-in-law) Miriam (sister-in-law) |
Zipporah or Tzipora (/ˈzɪp.ər.ə/ or /zɪpˈɔːr.ə/; Hebrew: צִפוֹרָה, Modern Tsippora, Tiberian Ṣippôrā 'bird'; Greek: Σεπφώρα, Sepphōra; Arabic: صفورة, Ṣaffūrah) is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as the wife of Moses, and the daughter of Reuel/Jethro, the priest or prince of Midian and the spiritual founder and ancestor of the Druze. In the Book of Chronicles, two of her descendants are mentioned: Shebuel, son of Gershom, and Rehabiah, son of Eliezer.