Study it in the app“Leah said, “Elohim has endowed me with a good endowment; now my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” So she called his name Zebulun.”
Leahלֵאָהsaid,וַתֹּאמֶר“Elohimאֱלֹהִיםhas endowedזְבָדַmeנִי אֹתִיwith a goodטוֹבendowment;זֵבֶדnowהַפַּעַםmy husbandאִישִׁיwill honor me,יִזְבְּלֵנִיbecauseכִּיI have borneיָלַדְתִּיhimלוֹsixשִׁשָּׁהsons.”בָנִיםSo she calledוַתִּקְרָאhis nameאֶת שְׁמוֹZebulun.זְבֻלוּן
Leah
Leah, elder daughter of Laban and Jacob's first wife; mother of six of his sons and of Dinah.
Where else “lea” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsendow, give
Give a gift, endow. It occurs only in Genesis 30:20.
Where else “zevada” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearsgift
Gift, dowry. It occurs only in Genesis 30:20.
Where else “zeved” appearstime
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paam” appearshusband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “ishi” appearshonor? dwell with?
A verb found only in Genesis 30:20, of uncertain sense: "honor" or "live with".
Where else “yizble” appearsbear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yaladti” appearssix
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shisha” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vanim” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “tikra” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsZebulun
Zebulun, a son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land.
Where else “zevulun” appears“Zebulun” sounds like “he has endowed me with an endowment” (zevadani) and like yizbeleni.
19Leah conceived again and bore Jacob a sixth son.
20 · This verse (above)
21Afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.
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?
