Genesis 30:11
Strong's Lexicon
Then Leah
לֵאָ֖ה (lê·’āh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3812: Leah = 'weary' 1) daughter of Laban, first wife of Jacob, and mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah

(בָּ֣א) ()
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: 1) to go in, enter, come, go, come in 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to enter, come in 1a2) to come 1a2a) to come with 1a2b) to come upon, fall or light upon, attack (enemy) 1a2c) to come to pass 1a3) to attain to 1a4) to be enumerated 1a5) to go 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to lead in 1b2) to carry in 1b3) to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring against, bring upon 1b4) to bring to pass 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought, brought in 1c2) to be introduced, be put

said,
וַתֹּ֥אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

“How fortunate !”
(גָ֑ד) (ḡāḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1409: 1) fortune, good fortune

So she named
וַתִּקְרָ֥א (wat·tiq·rā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7121: 1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound 1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God) 1a3) to proclaim 1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read 1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow 1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to call oneself 1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named 1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

שְׁמ֖וֹ (šə·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: 1) name 1a) name 1b) reputation, fame, glory 1c) the Name (as designation of God) 1d) memorial, monument

him Gad.
גָּֽד׃ (gāḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1410: Gad = 'troop' 1) seventh son of Jacob by Zilpah, Leah's handmaid, and full brother of Asher. 2) the tribe descended from Gad 3) a prophet during the time of David; appears to have joined David when in the hold; reappears in connection with the punishment for taking a census; also assisted in the arrangements for the musical service of the 'house of God'

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.

Young's Literal Translation
and Leah saith, ‘A troop is coming;’ and she calleth his name Gad.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Leah said, “ What good fortune! ” and she named him Gad.

New American Standard Bible
Then Leah said, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad.

King James Bible
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Then Leah said, "What good fortune!" So she named him Gad.

New Living Translation
Leah named him Gad, for she said, "How fortunate I am!"

English Standard Version
And Leah said, “Good fortune has come!” so she called his name Gad.

New American Standard Bible
Then Leah said, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad.

King James Bible
And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Leah said, "What good fortune!" and she named him Gad.

International Standard Version
and Leah exclaimed, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad.

NET Bible
Leah said, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad.

American Standard Version
And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.

English Revised Version
And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.

Young's Literal Translation
and Leah saith, 'A troop is coming;' and she calleth his name Gad.
















Cross References
Genesis 30:10
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son.

Genesis 30:12
And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.

Numbers 1:24
Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Genesis 30:9
When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.

Genesis 30:8
And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali.

Genesis 30:13
And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher.

Genesis 30:14
And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
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