Bilhah – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Bilhah
Bilhah (בִּלְהָה "faltering; bashful",
Standard Hebrew Bilha,
Tiberian Hebrew Bilhâ) is a person mentioned in the
Book of Genesis. describes her as
Laban's
handmaid, who was given to
Rachel to be her handmaid on Rachel's marriage to
Jacob. When Rachel failed to have children, Rachel gave Bilhah to Jacob "to wife" to bear him children. Bilhah gave birth to two sons, who Rachel claimed as her own and named
Dan and
Naphtali. (, ) (the use in the Torah of the prefix "to", as in "took to wife", may indicate that the wife is a concubine or inferior wife). expressly calls Bilhah Jacob's concubine, a
pilegesh.)
Bilhah
Bilhan, who is old or confused
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
About
Bilhah
(timid, bashful), handmaid of Rachel, (Genesis 29:29) and concubine of Jacob, to whom she bore Dan and Naphtali. (Genesis 30:3-8; 35:25; 46:25; 1 Chronicles 7:13) (B.C 53.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
About
Bilhah
faltering; bashful, Rachel's handmaid, whom she gave to Jacob (Gen. 29:29). She was the mother of Dan and Naphtali (Gen. 30:3-8). Reuben was cursed by his father for committing adultry with her (35:22; 49:4). He was deprived of the birth-right, which was given to the sons of Joseph.
