In the bible, Zipporah is the name of the daughter of Reuel (EXO 2:18), Moses' wife (EXO 2:21), a Cushite (NUM 12:1). Meaning of the name: beauty; trumpet; mourning. Related names are:
Moses and
Jethro. The translations of Zipporah in 17 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Séfora in Spanish to
チッポラ in Japanese!
And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. (EXO 2:21)
Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. (EXO 4:25)
Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, (EXO 18:2)