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Leahלֵאָהsaid,וַתֹּאמֶר“Elohimאֱלֹהִיםhas given meנָתַןmy wages,שְׂכָרִיbecauseאֲשֶׁרI gaveנָתַתִּיmy slave womanשִׁפְחָתִיto my husband.”לְאִישִׁיSo she calledוַתִּקְרָאhis nameשְׁמוֹIssachar.יִשָּׂשכָר
Genesis 30:18
Study it in the app“Leah said, “Elohim has given me my wages, because I gave my slave woman to my husband.” So she called his name Issachar.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:18, 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- “Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- has given meנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- my wagesשְׂכָרִsechari
wages
What is given to someone for the work he did, in money or goods.
Where else “sechari” appears- my slave womanשִׁפְחָתִshifchati
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchati” appears- to my husbandאִישִׁishi
husband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “ishi” appears- So 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- Issacharיִשָּׂשכָרyisashchar
Issachar
Issachar, a son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "wages".
Where else “yisashchar” appears
Translation note
“Issachar” sounds like “wages” (sachar) and like “I have hired you” (30:16).
The context
17Elohim heard Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.
18 · This verse (above)
19Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth 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?