STRONGS H2082:
Abbreviations
† [
זָבַל]
verb probably
exalt, honour (Assyrian
zabâlu COT
Gloss and id. on
Genesis 30:20;
1 Kings 8:13, compare Dl
Pr 62 f. so De; Phoenician proper name, feminine
בעלאזבל (probably =
Baal has exalted) compare
אִיזֶבֶל above; compare Arabic
take up and carry; > Nö
ZMG 1886, 729, who connects these verbs with Syriac
bear, carry, compare Hebrew
סָבַל) —
Qal Imperfect יִזְבְּלֵנִי אִישִׁי Genesis 30:20b (J),
my husband will honour me (in explanation of name Zebulun (see below); on another apparently explanation in
Genesis 30:20a compare
זבד); > AV and others
dwell with me, compare Thes Rob-Ges who derive
dwell with from an assumed meaning
be round (compare
דור); and others (compare MV
8. 9), who derive
dwell as denominative from
זְבֻל in sense
dwelling.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
30:20; 30:20; 30:20
1 Kings
8:13