Hazzelelponi

A depiction of the wife of Manoah, biblical figure sometimes identified with Hazelelponi.

Hazelelponi (also spelled Hazzelelponi or Asalelphuni; Hebrew: הַצְלֶלְפּוֹנִי, “shade coming upon me”) is a biblical woman mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:3. Tzelafon was named after her.

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Hazelelponi was a daughter of a man named Etam and thus a descendant of Judah.

She was also a sister of Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash, of the tribe of Judah.

A similarly named woman, Zʻllpunith or Zlelponith, is referred to in rabbinical sources - Midrash Numbers Rabbah Naso 10 and Bava Batra 91a^[1] - as being the mother of Samson, the famous judge.

According to the ancient Rabbinic tradition, Hazelelponi was married to Manoah. She also had a daughter called Nishyan or Nashyan.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Bava Batra Folio 91.
^ Samson, Jewish Encyclopedia. "The mother of Samson [was named] Zlelponith, and his sister, Nashyan."
^ Porter, J. R. (2000). The Illustrated Guide to the Bible. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p. 75. ISBN 0-7607-2278-1.

[1] Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Bava Batra Folio 91.

[2] Samson, Jewish Encyclopedia. "The mother of Samson [was named] Zlelponith, and his sister, Nashyan."

[3] Porter, J. R. (2000). The Illustrated Guide to the Bible. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p. 75. ISBN 0-7607-2278-1.

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