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Leahלֵאָהsawוַתֵּרֶאthatכִּיshe had stoppedעָמְדָהbearing,מִלֶּדֶתand she tookוַתִּקַּחZilpahאֶת זִלְפָּהher slave womanשִׁפְחָתָהּand gaveוַתִּתֵּןherאֹתָהּto Jacobלְיַעֲקֹבas a wife.לְאִשָּׁה
Genesis 30:9
Study it in the app“Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, and she took Zilpah her slave woman and gave her to Jacob as a wife.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 30:9, 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- sawתֵּרֶאtere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tere” appears- she had stoppedעָמְדָהamda
stop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “amda” appears- bearingלֶּדֶתledet
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “ledet” appears- and she tookתִּקַּחtikach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “tikach” appears- Zilpahזִלְפָּהzilpa
Zilpah
Zilpah, Leah's slave, given to Jacob; mother of Gad and Asher.
Where else “zilpa” appears- her slave womanשִׁפְחָתָshifchata
female slave, servant
Female slave, maidservant in the service of the lady of the house.
Where else “shifchata” appears- and gaveתִּתֵּןtiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “titen” appears- to 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- as a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears
The context
8Rachel said, “With wrestlings of Elohim I have wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali.
9 · This verse (above)
10Zilpah, Leah’s slave woman, bore Jacob a 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?