1 literally maidservant (= שִׁפְחָה q. v., where however sometimes more servile; rarely P in Hexateuch) Genesis 30:3; Genesis 31:33 ("" שִׁפְחָה Genesis 29:24,29; P Genesis 30:4f. J etc.) Exodus 2:5 (all E); 2 Samuel 6:20,22; Job 19:15; Nahum 2:8 (suffix refers to mistress, except Job 19:15 compare 2 Samuel 6:20,22); in legisl. ("" עֶבֶד) Exodus 20:10,17; Exodus 21:20,26,27,32 (all E) Leviticus 25:6,44 (twice in verse) (H) Deuteronomy 5:14 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 5:18; Deuteronomy 12:12,18; Deuteronomy 15:17 (compare see 12) Deuteronomy 16:11,14; compare also Job 31:13; Ezra 2:65; Nehemiah 7:67; applied to concubine (suffix of master) Genesis 20:17; Genesis 21:12; Exodus 23:12 (all E) Judges 9:18; Judges 19:19; also Genesis 21:10 (twice in verse); Genesis 21:13 (Genesis 16:1f. P שִׁפְחָה q. v.) Exodus 21:7 (all E), see on this Sta^{Gesch i: p. 380.}

2 figurative in address, אֲמָֽתְךָ etc., referring to speaker, in token of humility; Ruth 3:9 (twice in verse) ("" שׁפחה Ruth 2:13) 1 Samuel 1:16 ("" id. 1 Samuel 1:18) 1 Samuel 25:24 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 25:25,28,31,41 ("" id. 1 Samuel 25:27) 2 Samuel 14:15,16 ("" id. 2 Samuel 14:6; 2 Samuel 14:7; 2 Samuel 14:12; 2 Samuel 14:15; 2 Samuel 14:17; 2 Samuel 14:19); 2 Samuel 20:17; 1 Kings 1:13,17; 1 Kings 3:20; in addressing God (never שׁפחה) 1 Samuel 1:11 (3 t. in verse), compare ׳בֶּןאֿ Psalm 86:16; Psalm 116:16.