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34 She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, “Now this time my husband will show me affection,[a] because I have given birth to three sons for him.” That is why he was named Levi.[b]

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  1. Genesis 29:34 tn Heb “will be joined to me.”
  2. Genesis 29:34 sn The name Levi (לֵוִי, levi), the precise meaning of which is debated, was appropriate because it sounds like the verb לָוָה (lavah, “to join”), used in the statement recorded earlier in the verse.

34 Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me,(A) because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.[a](B)

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  1. Genesis 29:34 Levi sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for attached.