Hazelelponi, also spelled Hazzelelponi (Hebrew: הַצְלֶלְפּוֹנִי‎, shade coming upon me). The daughter of Etam, sister of Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. Of the tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:3) Rabbinical sources - Midrash Numbers Rabbah Naso 10 and Bava Batra 91a - state that Hazelelponi was the mother of Samson. Her name is also related to Tzelafon.