Names of Women in Torah
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Hebrew names each have their own specific meaning
| NAME | MEANING | SOURCE |
|---|---|---|
| Adah | Adorned; beautiful Wife of Lemech and of Esav | Bereishit 4:19; 36:2 |
| Basmat | Perfumed; sweet odor Wife of Esav | Bereishit 26:34 |
| Bilhah | Weak; troubled; old Maidservant of Yaakov's wife Rachel | Bereishit 30:3 |
| Devorah | To speak kind words; bee; Nurse of Rivkah; the Prophetess Devorah | Bereishit 35:8 |
| Dinah | Judgment Daughter of Yaakov & Leah | Bereishit 30:21 |
| Elisheva | G-d is my oath Wife of Aharon | Bereishit 30:21 |
| Hagar | Wanderer Concubine of Avraham, mother of Yishmael | Bereishit 16:1 |
| Keturah | Burned; perfumed Avraham's wife | Bereishit 16:1 |
| Kozbi | Lie; falsehood A Midyani woman | Bamidbar 25:15 |
| Chaglah | Hop; hobble One of the 5 daugthers of Tzelofchad | Bamidbar 26:33 |
| Chavah | Life; The first woman, wife of Adam | Bereishit 3:20 |
| Leah | To be weary Daughter of Lavan, first wife of Yaakov's 4 wives | Bereishit 29:16 |
| Machalat | Plague; One of Esav's wives, daughter of Yishmael | Bereishit 28:9 |
| Machlah | Affliction; One of the 5 daughters of Tzelofchad | Bamidbar 26:33 |
| Matred | To pursue; to continue unterrupeted; Mother-in-law of Hadar | Bereishit 36:39 |
| Milkah | Divine; queen; Wife of Nachor, Avraham's brother | Bereishit 11:29 |
| Miriam | Sea of bitterness; sorrow; Sister of Moshe and Aharon | Shemot 15:20 |
| Noach (Noa) | Tremble; shake; One of the Five daughters of Tzelofchad | Bamidbar 26:33 |
| Ohavlivamah | Tent of the high place; Wife of Esav | Bereishit 36:2 |
| Osnat | Unvortunate; Wife of Yosef, mother of Efrayim and Manashshe | Bereishit 41:45 |
| Puah | To coo; A Hebrew midwife | Shemot 1:15 |
| Rachel | Female sheep; Wife of Yaakov, sister of Leah | Bereishit 29:16 |
| Reumah | Antelope; Concubine of Nachor, Avraham's brother | Bereishit 22:24 |
| Rivkah | To tie; to bind; Wife of Yitzchak | Bereishit 24:15 |
| Sarah | Princess; First of the Matriarchs, Avraham's wife | Bereishit 17:15 |
| Sarai | My princess (original form of Sarah); Avraham's wife | Bereishit 11:29 |
| Serach | To be unrestrained; to be free; excess; Daughter of Asher | Bereishit 46:17 |
| Shifrah | Good; beautiful; A Hebrew midwife | Shemot 1:15 |
| Tamar | Palm tree; upright; righteous; Wife of Yehudah | Bereishit 38:6 |
| Tirtzah | Willing; pleasing; One of the 5 daughters of Tzelofchad | Bamidbar 26:33 |
| Tzipporah | Bird; Wife of Moshe | Shemot 2:21 |
| Yehudit | Praise; Wife of Esav | Bereiishit 26:31 |
| Yiskah | Anointed; Daughter of Charan, Avraham's brother | Bereishit 11:29 |
| Yocheved | G-d's honor; Wife of Amram, mother of Moshe, Aharon and Miriam | Shemot 6:20 |
| Zilpah | To trickle; youthful; Maidservant Yaakov's wife, Leah | Bereishit 29:24 |
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