Hazzelelponi

Hazzelelponi^[1] (Hebrew: הַצְּלֶלְפּוֹנִי Haṣṣəlelpōnī, "the shade-facing")^[2] is a biblical woman mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:3. Tzelafon was named after her.

Hazzelelponi
A depiction of Manoah's wife, a biblical figure sometimes identified with Hazzelelponi
Born	Unknown Tribe of Judah, Ancient Israel
Known for	Sister of Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; possibly the wife of Manoah and mother of Samson
Spouse	Manoah (according to tradition)
Children	Samson, Nishyan or Nashyan (according to tradition)
Parent	Etam

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^[3]—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.^[4][5]

See also

• List of names for the biblical nameless
• Manoah's wife