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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Zillah


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Zillah Zillah

Zillah is the second of the two wives of Lamech the First. She is the third woman named in the Bible (Lamechs other wife, Adah, is second, Sarai is number four).

The name Zillah comes from the not so very positive root salal (sll 1919-1922). TWOTOT gives it four separate meanings:
1) salal (salal 1919), tingle quiver. The derivatives of this root cover a whirring or buzzing and things that whirr: silsal (silsal 1919a, b), spear, locusts, and things that ring: (bells, cymbals).
2) salal (salal 1920), sink submerge. Ex 15:10 only.
3) salal (salal 1921) be or grow dark (Neh 3:19). Derivative sel (sel 1921a) means shadow. The female form of this word would yield the name Zillah.
4) salal (sll (1922) is the assumed root of slwl (slwl 1922a); the killer cake of Judges 7:13.

The name Zillah means any of the above, but is most commonly interpreted to mean Shadow.



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