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Leahלֵאָהsaid,וַתֹּאמֶר“What good fortune!”בָּא גָדAnd she calledוַתִּקְרָאhis nameאֶת שְׁמוֹGad.גָּד
Genesis 30:11
Study it in the app“Leah said, “What good fortune!” And she called his name Gad.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:11, word by word
- Leahלֵאָהlea
Leah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “What good fortuneבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- “What good fortuneגָדgad
fortune
Good fortune, luck; the name Gad is linked to it. Also a god of fortune.
Where else “gad” appears- And she calledתִּקְרָאtikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “tikra” appears- his nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Gadגָּדgad
Gad
Gad, (1) a son of Jacob and Zilpah, and the tribe that came from him with its land; (2) the prophet who was with David. The name means "good fortune".
Where else “gad” appears
Translation note
“Gad” means “fortune, good luck.” The translation follows what the Hebrew text writes, bagad (“with fortune!”, “what fortune!”), like “Happy am I!” (beashri) in 30:13; the traditional reading is ba gad (“fortune has come”).
The context
10Zilpah, Leah’s slave woman, bore Jacob a son.
11 · This verse (above)
12Zilpah, Leah’s slave woman, bore Jacob a second son.
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?