Original Word: זָבַל
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: zabal
Phonetic Spelling: (zaw-bal')
Short Definition: dwell [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 v^a 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.

dwell with

A primitive root; apparently properly, to inclose, i.e. To reside -- dwell with.

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