• Pilegesh (Hebrew: פִּילֶגֶשׁ) is a Hebrew term for a concubine, a marital companion of social and legal status inferior to that of a wife. Among the Israelites...
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    (Hebrew pilegesh), rather than a wife, to a Levite living in Ephraim. Madipoane Masenya[who?] writes it appears that she was not an ordinary pilegesh. This...
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    and Naphtali. Genesis 35:22 expressly calls Bilhah Jacob's concubine, a pilegesh. When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she took her servant...
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  • other tribes. In Judaism, concubines are referred to by the Hebrew term pilegesh (Hebrew: פילגש). The term is a loanword from Ancient Greek παλλακίς, meaning...
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    jurisprudence Living apart together Nikah halala Nikah 'urfi Nikah Mut'ah Pilegesh Walking marriage "Al-Qaradawi, Yusuf : Misyar marriage". Archived from...
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    given as Bilqis, probably derived from Greek παλλακίς or the Hebraised pilegesh, "concubine". According to some he then married the Queen, while other...
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  • a Broken Vessel) – Keter 1998 – Etsel Babu (Chez Babou) – Keter 2000 – Pilegesh ba-Midbar (Concubine on the Hill) – Keter 2002 – Hibuk Dov (Bear Hug) –...
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    November 2019. "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do: The Economic Case for Polygamy", Pilegesh.org blog "Inter Press Service – News and Views from the Global South"....
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    jurisprudence Jihad al-nikah Marriage of convenience Nikah Halala Nikah Misyar Pilegesh Walking marriage "Most of the travelers describe the Shi'i institution...
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  • many, all-male courtesans of pleasure. Related topics Grisette, in France Pilegesh, concubine in Hebrew Prostitute Religious prostitution Sugar baby, contemporary...
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