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Shiphrah

שנערSinnaar or Singar. Exod.i.15.SHIPHRAH, or Sephora, one of the Midwives of Egypt, who preserved the Hebrew Children. Some think she was an Egyptian Women, but ‘tis more likely she was an Israelite. See PUAH.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Shiphrah,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/s/shiphrah/.

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