Every Name in Tanakh

צִלָּה Zillah

Every verse in which this name stands — 3 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 125×3 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

An antediluvian woman. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 4:19 and last at Genesis 4:23.

Genesis 4:19בראשית ד:יט

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ לֶמֶךְ שְׁתֵּי נָשִׁים שֵׁם הָֽאַחַת עָדָה וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִית צִלָּֽה

And Lamech took unto him two wives; the name of one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Genesis 4:22בראשית ד:כב

וְצִלָּה גַם־הִוא יָֽלְדָה אֶת־תּוּבַל קַיִן לֹטֵשׁ כָּל־חֹרֵשׁ נְחֹשֶׁת וּבַרְזֶל וַֽאֲחוֹת תּֽוּבַל־קַיִן נַֽעֲמָֽה

And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

Genesis 4:23בראשית ד:כג

וַיֹּאמֶר לֶמֶךְ לְנָשָׁיו עָדָה וְצִלָּה שְׁמַעַן קוֹלִי נְשֵׁי לֶמֶךְ הַאְזֵנָּה אִמְרָתִי כִּי אִישׁ הָרַגְתִּי לְפִצְעִי וְיֶלֶד לְחַבֻּרָתִֽי

And Lamech said unto his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech; For I have slain a man for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me;

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Zillah?

Zillah — צלה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 125 in the standard method.

How many times is Zillah named in the Tanakh?

3 times, first at Genesis 4:19.

A spelling is not a name. The written word צלה stands 3 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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