Hephzibah
Biblical figure; female given name
Hephzibah or Hepzibah (English: ⫽ˈhɛfzɪbə⫽ or ⫽ˈhɛpzɪbə⫽; Hebrew: חֶפְצִי־בָהּ, Modern: ḥefṣī-vah, Tiberian: ḥep̄ṣī-ḇāh, "my delight (is) in her") is a minor figure in the Books of Kings in the Bible. She was the wife of Hezekiah, King of Judah (reigned c. 715 and 686 BCE), and the mother of Manasseh of Judah (reigned c. 687–643 BCE).
Biblical and rabbinic accounts
Hephzibah is depicted in 2 Kings 21:1. According to Rabbinic literature, Isaiah was the maternal grandfather of Manasseh.[1]
Symbolic name
The name Hephzibah is also used as a symbolic name for Zion following its restoration to the favor of Yahweh in Isaiah 62:4.[2]
See also
- Isaiah 62
References
External links
- The dictionary definition of Hephzibah at Wiktionary
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- Book of Isaiah
- ספר ישעיהו
- Sefer Yeshayahu
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- Arnon
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- Bashan
- Bozrah
- Brook of Egypt
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- Carmel
- Chaldea
- Dibon
- Dimon
- Edom
- Eglaim
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Heshbon
- Horonaim
- Israel
- Javan
- Jazer
- Jerusalem
- Kir-Moab
- Lebanon
- Lud
- Medeba
- Medes
- Merodach-baladan
- Moab
- Nebo
- Nile
- Nimrim
- Noph
- Ophir
- Samaria
- Sela
- Sharon
- Shiloah
- Sodom and Gomorrah
- Tarshish
- Pul
- Tubal
- Zion
- Zoan
- Zoar
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