H6741 H6741
Zillah; personal name of Lamech's wife in the Cainite genealogy
Zillah was one of Lamech's two wives mentioned in Genesis 4. The name appears three times in the narrative of Lamech's family, which includes the first recorded bigamy and Lamech's violent boast. Zillah bore Tubal-cain (the first metalworker) and Naamah. The name may derive from the root for 'shade' or 'shadow,' though the text doesn't explain its meaning. Cross-linguistic renderings are consistent (Tsillah, Tsilá, Zilla), treating this as a straightforward proper noun from the antediluvian genealogy.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Genesis 4:19 introduces Zillah as Lamech's wife; verses 22-23 name her again in genealogical and narrative contexts. She represents part of the Cainite line that develops early civilization (metalworking, music) but also displays violence and pride. The multilingual evidence shows minor spelling variations (with/without conjunctions: 'And-Zillah', 'Zillah') but uniform recognition of this as a woman's name from humanity's early generations. 3×
AR["صِلَّةُ", "وَ-صِلَّةُ"]·ben["আর-সিল্লা", "এবং-সিল্লা", "সিল্লা"]·DE["Zilla", "und-Zilla"]·EN["And-Tsillah", "Tsillah", "and-Tsillah"]·FR["Et-Tsillah", "Tsillah", "et-Tsillah"]·heb["ו-צלה", "צלה"]·HI["और-सिल्ला", "सिल्ला"]·ID["Dan-Zila", "Zila", "dan-Zila"]·IT["And-Tsillah", "Tsillah", "e-Tsillah"]·jav["Zila", "lan-Zila"]·KO["그리고-씬라", "그리고-씬라-는", "씬라"]·PT["E-Zila", "Zila", "e-Zila"]·RU["И-Цилла", "Цилла", "и-Цилла"]·ES["Tsilá", "Y-Tsilá", "y-Tsilá"]·SW["Na-Sila", "Sila", "na-Sila"]·TR["Ve-Zilla", "Zilla", "ve-Zilla"]·urd["اور-صلہ", "اور-صلہ-نے", "صلہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† צִלָּה n.pr.f. wife of Lam. Gn 4:19, 22, 23, Σελλα.