Study it in the app“And Jabez called on the Elohim of Israel, saying, “If you would indeed bless me, and enlarge my territory, and your hand would be with me, and you would act keeping me from evil, so that it may not pain me…!” And Elohim brought what he asked.”
And Jabezוַ יַעְבֵּץcalledיִּקְרָאon the Elohimלֵאלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר“Ifאִםyou would indeed bless me,בָּרֵךְ תְּבָרֲכֵנִיand enlargeוְהִרְבִּיתָ אֶתmy territory,גְּבוּלִיand your handוְ יָדְךָwould beהָיְתָהwith me,עִמִּיand you would actוְעָשִׂיתָkeeping mefrom evil,מֵּרָעָהso thatלְבִלְתִּיit may not pain me…!”עָצְבִּיAnd Elohimוַ אֱלֹהִיםbroughtיָּבֵאwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרhe asked.שָׁאָל
Jabez
Jabez: the name of a place in Judah where families of scribes lived, and of a man of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:9-10). It is not Jabesh of Gilead, which is written differently in Hebrew.
Where else “yabets” appearscry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikra” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohe” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsbless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “barech” appearsincrease
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “hirbita” appearsterritory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevuli” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsgrieve
To feel pain or grief in the heart, or to cause it to someone.
Where else “atsbi” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” appearsask for
To ask for something, or borrow.
Where else “shaal” appearsThe prayer is left unfinished in Hebrew: “If you bless me…,” without saying what he will do; it is a way of asking forcefully or of making a vow. “You would act keeping me from evil”: the Hebrew says only “you would do from evil” (or “from misfortune”). “So that it may not pain me” uses the word “pain” of his name (verse 9).
9And Jabez was more honored than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”
10 · This verse (above)
11And Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir; he was the father of Eshton.
