H2065 H2065
Endowment, gift (noun); Leah's 'good endowment' from God in the naming of Zebulun (Genesis 30:20)
This noun complements the verb in Genesis 30:20, forming Leah's declaration: 'God has endowed me with a good endowment.' The doubling of the root (verbal and nominal forms) creates emphasis and wordplay typical of biblical naming narratives. The term specifically denotes a gift or dowry, something of value bestowed to enhance status or establish relationship. Leah's sixth son represents not just another child but a mark of divine favor.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Spanish 'dote' (dowry), English 'endowment,' German 'ein-Geschenk' (a gift)—all emphasize the value-transfer aspect. French matches English. The use of dowry language is telling: Leah frames her fertility as God's enrichment of her, compensating perhaps for Jacob's preferential love for Rachel. The 'good endowment' transforms biological reproduction into theological affirmation, Leah reading her maternal success as divine vindication. 1×
AR["رِزْقًا"]·ben["উপহার"]·DE["ein-Geschenk"]·EN["endowment"]·FR["endowment"]·heb["זבד"]·HI["उपहार"]·ID["anugerah"]·IT["endowment"]·jav["peparingipun"]·KO["선물을"]·PT["dote"]·RU["даром"]·ES["dote"]·SW["zawadi"]·TR["hediye"]·urd["انعام"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† זֶ֫בֶד (זֵ K3) n.m. endowment, gift, Gn 30:20a of. foregoing.