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Zilpah,זִלְפָּהLeah’sלֵאָהslave woman,שִׁפְחַתboreוַתֵּלֶדJacobלְיַעֲקֹבa secondשֵׁנִיson.בֵּן
Genesis 30:12
Study it in the app“Zilpah, Leah’s slave woman, bore Jacob a second son.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:12, 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 secondשֵׁנִיsheni
second
The one that comes after the first; the other of two.
Where else “sheni” appears- sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears
The context
11Leah said, “What good fortune!” And she called his name Gad.
12 · This verse (above)
13Leah said, “Happy am I! For the daughters will call me happy.” So she called his name Asher.
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?