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12/1/2024, 10:33 PM Mike C rizpah update #117
10/6/2024, 9:08 PM Mike C rizpah update #116
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM Mike C rizpah added (from user-submitted name 188414)
3/1/2014, 12:14 AM LMS 188414
9/3/2013, 5:04 PM Mike C 188414
9/3/2013, 1:28 AM anonymous

Gender Feminine
Usage Biblical
Scripts רִצְפָּה(Ancient Hebrew)

Meaning & History

Means "coal, hot stone" in Hebrew. According to the Old Testament Rizpah was one of Saul's concubines. After her sons were put to death by the Gibeonites, she guarded the displayed bodies for five months to prevent animals from eating them.