The meaning of “שִׁפְחָה”
Understanding shiphchâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see מִשְׁפָּחָה) (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), we...
שִׁפְחָה
feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see מִשְׁפָּחָה) (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant. - a female slave (as a member of the household) 1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl 1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress) 1b) of address, speaker, humility (fig)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 30:7 | “And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.” Word: שִׁפְחָה (shiphchâh) | |
| Deuteronomy 28:68 | “And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. ” Word: שִׁפְחָה (shiphchâh) | |
| 2 Samuel 14:15 | “Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.” Word: שִׁפְחָה (shiphchâh) | |
| Esther 7:4 | “For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.” Word: שִׁפְחָה (shiphchâh) | |
| Ecclesiastes 2:7 | “I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:” Word: שִׁפְחָה (shiphchâh) |
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