What do Shiphrah and Puah mean?
SHIPHRAH AND PUAH (Heb. פּוּעָה, שִׁפְרָה), two Hebrew women who served as midwives for the Israelites in Egypt (Ex. … In reward for their heroic and virtuous behavior, God “established households” for Shiphrah and Puah (ibid., 5:21), which probably means that they became the matriarchs of enduring families in Israel. Is Puah a Hebrew name?…