Genesis

Genesis 30:9–12

⁹When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife. ¹⁰And Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. ¹¹Then Leah said, “How fortunate!”^d So she named him Gad.^e

¹²When Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,

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.

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Genesis 30:9

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When Leah	לֵאָ֔ה	lê·’āh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3812 Leah
saw	וַתֵּ֣רֶא	wat·tê·re	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7200 see
that	כִּ֥י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
she had stopped	עָמְדָ֖ה	‘ā·mə·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H5975 take one's stand, stand
having children	מִלֶּ֑דֶת	mil·le·ḏeṯ	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
she gave	וַתִּתֵּ֥ן	wat·tit·tên	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5414 give, put, set
her servant	שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּ	šip̄·ḥā·ṯāh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H8198 maid, maid-servant
Zilpah	זִלְפָּ֣ה	zil·pāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2153 Zilpah
to Jacob	לְיַעֲקֹ֖ב	lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
as a wife	לְאִשָּֽׁה׃	lə·’iš·šāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female

Genesis 30:10

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And Leah’s	לֵאָ֖ה	lê·’āh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3812 Leah
servant	שִׁפְחַ֥ת	šip̄·ḥaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8198 maid, maid-servant
Zilpah	זִלְפָּ֛ה	zil·pāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2153 Zilpah
bore	וַתֵּ֗לֶד	wat·tê·leḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
Jacob	לְיַעֲקֹ֥ב	lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
a son	בֵּֽן׃	bên	Noun - masculine singular	H1121 son

Genesis 30:11

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

Genesis 30:12

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When Leah’s	לֵאָ֔ה	lê·’āh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3812 Leah
servant	שִׁפְחַ֣ת	šip̄·ḥaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8198 maid, maid-servant
Zilpah	זִלְפָּה֙	zil·pāh	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H2153 Zilpah
bore	וַתֵּ֗לֶד	wat·tê·leḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
Jacob	לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃	lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3290 Jacob
a second	שֵׁנִ֖י	šê·nî	Number - ordinal masculine singular	H8145 second
son	בֵּ֥ן	bên	Noun - masculine singular	H1121 son

Cross-references

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Genesis 30:9 Genesis 30:4 · Genesis 29:35 · Genesis 16:3 · Genesis 30:17

Genesis 30:11 Genesis 49:19 · Deuteronomy 33:20–21 · Isaiah 65:11 · Genesis 35:26 · Genesis 46:16

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.