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Word Parsed:
שִׁפְרָה
Parts of Speech:Proper Noun
Root:
שִׁפְרָה
Strong's Number:H8235, H8236
Infinitive Definition:1. (Piel) fairness,
   clearness Shiphrah = "fair"
1. one of the two Hebrew midwives who
   were ordered by Pharaoh to...
Transliteration:


First occurrence in each book:


Exodus 1:15
וַיֹּאמֶר מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לַֽמְיַלְּדֹת הָֽעִבְרִיֹּת אֲשֶׁר שֵׁם הָֽאַחַת שִׁפְרָה וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִית פּוּעָֽה׃

Job 26:13
בְּרוּחֹו שָׁמַיִם שִׁפְרָה חֹֽלֲלָה יָדֹו נָחָשׁ בָּרִֽיחַ׃