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zil´pa (זלפּה, zilpaÌ„h, meaning uncertain; ΖελφαÌ, ZelphaÌ): The ancestress of Gad and Asher (, ; ; ), a slave girl of Leah's, given her by Laban (; ). In Ezek 48 the Zilpah tribes have the 5th division toward the South of Palestine and the 6th to the North, a slightly more favorable position than that of the Bilhah tribes.