The Twelve Tribes · VI of XII
זבולן
Zebulun
He dwells by the shore of the seas. The sages pair him with Issachar: the merchant at sea who keeps the scholar at his study.
- Mother
- Leah
- Born
- The tenth son of Jacob
- Stone
- יַהֲלֹם · clear quartz
- Banner
- White
- Emblem
- A ship Genesis 49:13
- In the camp
- The east
Leah said: God has granted me a fine gift; now my husband will reside with me [yizbeleni], because I bore him six sons. She called his name Zebulun.
וַתֹּאמֶר לֵאָה זְבָדַנִי אֱלֹהִים אֹתִי זֵבֶד טוֹב הַפַּעַם יִזְבְּלֵנִי אִישִׁי כִּי־יָלַדְתִּי לוֹ שִׁשָּׁה בָנִים וַתִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ זְבֻלוּן׃
Zebulun shall dwell at the shore of seas; he shall be a shore for ships, and his border will be upon Sidon
זְבוּלֻן לְחוֹף יַמִּים יִשְׁכֹּן וְהוּא לְחוֹף אֳנִיֹּת וְיַרְכָתוֹ עַל־צִידֹן׃
And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in your departure
And
Issachar, in your tents.
they, will call peoples to the mountain there shall they, slaughter offerings of righteousness. Because they, will be nourished by the bounty of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the sand
וְלִזְבוּלֻן אָמַר שְׂמַח זְבוּלֻן בְּצֵאתֶךָ וְיִשָּׂשכָר בְּאֹהָלֶיךָ׃
עַמִּים הַר־יִקְרָאוּ שָׁם יִזְבְּחוּ זִבְחֵי־צֶדֶק כִּי שֶׁפַע יַמִּים יִינָקוּ וּשְׂפֻנֵי טְמוּנֵי חוֹל׃
The English is the Steinsaltz Tanakh, the words of the verse only; the Hebrew is the Masoretic text. The banner, the stone and the emblem follow Bamidbar Rabbah 2:7.