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Hazzelelponi

Biblical character

Field	Value
name	Hazzelelponi
image	File:Maciejowski Bible Woman.jpg
caption	A depiction of Manoah's wife, a biblical figure sometimes identified with Hazzelelponi
birth_date	Unknown
birth_place	Tribe of Judah, Ancient Israel
known_for	Sister of Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; possibly the wife of Manoah and mother of Samson
parents	Etam
spouse	Manoah (according to tradition)
children	Samson, Nishyan or Nashyan (according to tradition)

Hazzelelponi ( Haṣṣəlelpōnī, "the shade-facing") is a biblical woman mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:3. Tzelafon was named after her.

Hazzelelponi was a daughter of a man named Etam and thus a descendant of Judah.

She was also a sister of Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash, of the tribe of Judah.

Zelelponith

Under the name Zelelponith, she is referred to in rabbinical sources—Midrash Numbers Rabbah Naso 10 and Bava Batra 91a—as being the wife of Manoah and mother of Samson, the famous judge.

According to the ancient Rabbinic tradition, Hazzelelponi was married to Manoah. She also had a daughter called Nishyan or Nashyan.

References

Spelled '''Hazelelponi''' in the King James Version, '''Asalelphuni''' in the Vulgate, '''Heselebbon''' ({{langx. grc. Ἑσηλεββών ''Hesēlebbṓn'') in the Septuagint, and '''Zelelponith''' ({{langx. he. צְלֶלְפּוֹנִית ''Ṣəlelpōnīṯ'') in the midrashes.
David Mandel. (2007). "The Ultimate Who's Who in the Bible". Bridge-Logos.
''Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Bava Batra [http://www.halakhah.com/bababathra/bababathra_91.html Folio 91]''.
[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13071-samson Samson, Jewish Encyclopedia.] "The mother of Samson [was named] Zlelponith, and his sister, Nashyan."
Porter, J. R. (2000). ''The Illustrated Guide to the Bible''. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. p. 75. {{ISBN. 0-7607-2278-1.

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