International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Zizah

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Zizah


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zı̄´za (זיזה, zı̄zāh; see ZIZA): A Gershonite Levite (); in the name is “Zina” (זינא, zı̄nā'), while the Septuagint and Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) have “Ziza” (Ζιζά, Zizá) in both verses, and one Hebrew manuscript has zı̄zā' in . We should then probably read zı̄zā' in both verses, i.e. “Ziza.”