Zebulun

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This article is about the Biblical figure. For Israelite Tribe of Zebulun, see Tribe of Zebulun.
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Zebulun
זְבֻלוּן
Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán from Jacob and His Twelve Sons, c. 1640–45)
PronunciationZəvulun
Born7 Tishrei
Paddan Aram
SpouseMerishah
ChildrenSered (son)
Elon (son)
Jahleel (son)
[1]
Parents
RelativesReuben (brother)
Simeon (brother)
Levi (brother)
Judah (brother)
Dan (half brother)
Naphtali (half brother)
Gad (half brother)
Asher (half brother)
Issachar (brother)
Dinah (sister)
Joseph (half brother)
Benjamin (half brother)
Rachel (aunt/stepmother)

Zebulun (

matriarch, biblical scholars believe the tribe to have been regarded by the text's authors as a part of the original Israelite confederation.[5]

The Tomb of Zebulun is located in

Iyyar, Jews from the most distant parts of the land of Israel would make a pilgrimage to this tomb.[citation needed
]

Etymology

The name is derived from the

2nd millennium BCE Ugaritic texts as an epithet (title) of the god Baal, as well as in Phoenician and (frequently) in Biblical Hebrew in personal names.[6]

The text of the

Deuteronomy 33, however, an allusion is made to a third potential etymology: that it may be connected with zibhe, literally meaning sacrifice, about commercial activities of the tribe of Zebulun[8] – a commercial agreement made at Mount Tabor between the tribe of Zebulun and a group of non-Israelites was referred to as zibhe-tzedek, literally meaning sacrifice to justice or sacrifice to Tzedek.[8]

Biblical account

The Torah states that Zebulun had three sons – Sered, Elon, and

Jahleel
– each the eponymous founder of a clan.

They risked their lives on the battlefield with Naphtali from Judges 5's Song of Deborah and Barak: "Zebulun is a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also -- on high places of the field."

References

  1. ^ a b Genesis 46:14
  2. ISBN 1783746769
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  3. ^ Numbers 26:26
  4. ^ Peake's Commentary on the Bible
  5. ^ Jewish Encyclopedia, Tribe of Zebulun
  6. ^ "Precarious Scholarship: Problems with Proposing that the Seal of Yzbl was Queen Jezebel's", Christopher A. Rollston, BASOR 2007 Archived 2007-12-26 at the Wayback Machine. The article concerns a seal ascribed to Jezebel; the first paragraph gives an overview of the root /zbl/, which Jezebel shares with Zebulun.
  7. ^ Richard Elliott Friedman, Who wrote the Bible
  8. ^ a b Jewish Encyclopedia

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