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Zilpah,זִלְפָּהLeah’sלֵאָהslave woman,שִׁפְחַתboreוַתֵּלֶדJacobלְיַעֲקֹבa son.בֵּן
Genesis 30:10
Study it in the app“Zilpah, Leah’s slave woman, bore Jacob a son.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:10, word by word
- Zilpahזִלְפָּהzilpa
Zilpah
Zilpah, Leah's slave, given to Jacob; mother of Gad and Asher.
Where else “zilpa” appears- Leah’sלֵאָהlea
Leah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appears- slave womanשִׁפְחַתshifchat
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchat” appears- boreתֵּלֶדteled
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “teled” appears- Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov
Jacob
Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.
Where else “yaakov” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears
The context
9Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, and she took Zilpah her slave woman and gave her to Jacob as a wife.
10 · This verse (above)
11Leah said, “What good fortune!” And she called his name Gad.
To study Genesis 30 in a group
1. What it says
How did Jacob prosper with Laban’s flocks (vv. 37-43)?
2. What it means
What does the rivalry between Rachel and Leah over having children show (vv. 1, 14-15)?
3. How I live it
How can you rejoice in what others receive instead of comparing yourself with them?