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(Heb. Tsilpah', æַìַôָּä , a trickling; Sept. ÆåëöÜ v.r. ÆåëöÜí ; Josephus, ÆåëöÜ ,l Ant. 1, 19,7; Vulg. Zelpha), a female servant of Laban, whom he gave to Leah on her marriage with Jacob (Gen_29:24), and whom Leah eventually induced him to take as a concubine wife, in which capacity she became the mother of Gad and Asher (Gen_30:9-13; Gen_35:26; Gen_37:2; Genesis 46, 18). B.C. 1919.