Genesis 30:19-20 - Exposition

And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. And Leah said, God (Elohim; vide supra ) hath endued me with a good dowry. Δεδώρηται μοι δῶρον καλον ( LXX .), dotavit me dote bona (Vulgate), hath presented me with a goodly present. The word זָבַד is a ἄπαξ λεγόμενον. Now will my husband dwell with me. זָבַל , also a ἅπαξ λεγ; signifies to be or make round (Gesenius), to limit round or encompass (Furst); hence, according to both, to cohabit or dwell together as husband and wife. The LXX . render αἱρετιεῖ, the meaning being that Leah's six sons would, in her judgment, be an inducement sufficiently powerful to cause Jacob to select her society instead of that of her barren sister. And she called his name Zebulan — i . e . Dwelling; from zabal , to dwell with, with a play upon the word זָבַל , to hire, which, commencing with the same letter, was regarded as similar in sound to זָבַד , the ד and the ל being sometimes interchangeable (Keil, Kalisch).