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Afterwardוְאַחַרshe boreיָלְדָהa daughterבַּתand calledוַתִּקְרָאher nameאֶת שְׁמָהּDinah.דִּינָה
Genesis 30:21
Study it in the app“Afterward she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:21, word by word
- she boreיָלְדָהyalda
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalda” appears- a daughterבַּתbat
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bat” appears- and calledתִּקְרָאtikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “tikra” appears- her nameשְׁמָshema
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shema” appears- Dinahדִּינָהdina
Dinah
Dinah, daughter of Jacob and Leah.
Where else “dina” appears
The context
20Leah 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.
21 · This verse (above)
22Elohim remembered Rachel, and Elohim heard her and opened her womb.
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?