Genesis

Genesis 30:11

¹¹Then Leah said, “How fortunate!”^d So she named him Gad.^e

Footnotes

d 30:11 Alternate MT reading (see also LXX); the other alternate reads “A troop is coming!”
e 30:11 Gad sounds like the Hebrew for good fortune, or alternately for band of raiders.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Leah	לֵאָ֖ה	lê·’āh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3812 Leah
said	וַתֹּ֥אמֶר	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
How fortunate	בְּגָד	bə·ḡå̄ḏ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
So she named	וַתִּקְרָ֥א	wat·tiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
him	שְׁמ֖וֹ	šə·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H8034 name
Gad	גָּֽד׃	gāḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1410 Gad

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.