ZILPAH zĭl’ pə (זִלְפָּ֖ה). A slave girl given by Laban to Leah on the occasion of her marriage to Jacob, and who, at the request of Leah, became his secondary wife, bearing to him Gad and Asher (Gen 29:24; 30:9-13; 35:26; 37:2; 46:18).