BDB2282
[זָבַל] verb probably exalt, honour (Assyrian zabâlu COTGloss and id. on Gen 30:20; 1Kgs 8:13, compare DlPr 62 f. so De; Phoenician proper name, feminine בעלאזבל (probably = Baal has exalted) compare אִיזֶבֶל above; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 1374] take up and carry; > NöZMG 1886, 729, who connects these verbs with Syriac [untranscribed source text 1375] bear, carry, compare Hebrew סָבַל) —
Qal
Imperfect
יִזְבְּלֵנִי אִישִׁי
Gen 30:20b (
J
), my husband will honour me (in explanation of name Zebulun (see below); on another
apparently explanation in va 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 MV8. 9), who derive dwell as denominative from
זְבֻל in sense dwelling.