Bible Person

Zillah

Meaning: shadow; the tingling of the ear · Female · 3 cross references

Zillah is one of Lamech's wives in the Cainite genealogy and the mother of Tubal-cain and Naamah. She belongs to the early Genesis world in which human culture, violence, and family development are narrated together. First appears in Gen 4:19.1

Name meaning

shadow; the tingling of the ear

Identity

female

First appears

Gen 4:19

AI summary: Zillah matters because the cross references place her within the first expanded household named in Scripture and within a line associated with technological culture and escalating violence. Her presence is brief, but it forms part of the textured portrait of early humanity east of Eden. Taken together, the material presents Zillah as a mother in the Cainite line whose household contributes to Genesis' portrayal of civilization developing under the shadow of sin.1

Central Figure

Zillah

Meaning: shadow; the tingling of the ear

Shadow, one of the wives of Lamech, of the line of Cain, and mother of Tubal-cain (Gen.

Name meaning

shadow; the tingling of the ear

Identity

female