ZELOPHEHAD — (Heb. צְלָפְחָד), son of Hepher, descendant of Manasseh. He died in the wilderness without male issue (Num. 26:33; 27:1). His five daughters, Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcha, and Tirzah, requested of Moses that they be recognized as female heirs and … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Daughters of Zelophehad — The Daughters of Zelophehad (Hebrew: בְּנוֹת צְלָפְחָד) were five sisters in the Hebrew Bible who lived during the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, and who raised before Moses the case of a woman s right and obligation to inherit property in … Wikipedia
Masei — Masse redirects here. For the surname, see Massé. For the billiards technique, see Massé. Masei, Mas’ei, or Masse (מַסְעֵי Hebrew for “journeys,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 43rd weekly Torah portion… … Wikipedia
Priestly Code — The Priestly Code is the name given, by academia, to the body of laws expressed in the torah which do not form part of Deuteronomy, the Holiness Code, the Covenant Code, the Ritual Decalogue, or the Ethical Decalogue. The Priestly Code thus… … Wikipedia
Pinchas (parsha) — Pinchas, Pinhas, or Pin’has (פנחס Hebrew for “Phinehas,” a name, the sixth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 41st weekly Torah portion ( parshah ) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the eighth in the book… … Wikipedia
Biblical references to incest — In the Tanakh , nearly all incidental Biblical references to incest occur in the Torah , especially in Genesis (בראשית Bereshit ), prior to the establishment of Jewish law as described in Leviticus. A few books contain narratives describing the… … Wikipedia
Numbers 36 — 1 And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of… … The King James version of the Bible
Devarim (parsha) — Devarim, D’varim, or Debarim (דְּבָרִים Hebrew for “words,” the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parshah) is the 44th weekly Torah portion (parshah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the first in the book of… … Wikipedia
Milcah — noun a) A sister in law of Abraham: a sister of Sarah. And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. b) A daughter of … Wiktionary
Tirzah — noun a) A daughter of Zelophehad. And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. b) A town in Israel … Wiktionary
