TWOT

[Alistair]

I don't have this module so cannot report a correction the normal way. In the screenshot for this module (http://www.accordancebible.com/files/images/32988-custom.png) there is a word, "Habkation" that appears to be a typo.

I'm guessing it should be "Habitation", but BDB offers "Elevation" for the same word.

Edited February 19, 2016 by Alistair

[Daniel Francis]

I just did a report typo on the word strange it never was picked up when the sample had the error.

 

-Dan

[R. Mansfield]

Looks like the transliteration for the word is missing, too.  

[Daniel Francis]

As for the confusion of definition looking at the full entry shows elevation an option for זְבֻל but not for זְבוּלוּן... although an exalted habitation may imply a prominent high location as well as grandeur.

 

526 זָבַל (zābal) exalt, honor. Used only in Gen 30:20 in a word play on the name Zebulun.

 

Derivatives

 

526a † זְבֻל (zᵉbūl) habitation, height.

 

526b † זְבוּלוּן (zᵉbûlûn) Zebulun.

 

זְבֻל. Habkation, height, exalted abode. This noun is found only five times. The vowel is invariably defective. Probably cognate to Ugaratic zbl “prince (ship)” (cf. UT 19: no. 815).

 

The term ‏זְבֻל‎ first occurs in 1 Kgs 8:13 (= 2 Chr 6:2) when, at the dedication of the temple, Solomon addressed the Lord and said, “I have built thee an exalted house” (RSV). The expression ‏בֵּית־זְבֻל‎ is rendered “an house to dwell in” (KJV) and “a magnificent temple” (NIV).

In two passages ‏זְבֻל is associated with heaven. Isa 63:15 pleads with God to look down from his holy and glorious “habitation” (“lofty throne,” NIV) and intervene on behalf of his exiled people. In Hab 3:11 there is a reference to Joshua’s long day when the sun and moon stood still “in the heavens” (“in their habitation” KJV; cf. Josh 10:12–13).

The last occurrence is found in Ps 49:14 [H 15], a passage that bemoans the fate of fools. Even the wealthy ones are destined for the grave “far from their princely mansions” (NIV) or “so that they have no habitation” (NASB).

Each of these references has some link with “splendor” or “majesty” and the basic meaning of the word may be “eminence” (cf. Speiser, Genesis in AB, p. 231). One of the titles for Baal in the Ugaritic corpus is zbl bʿl arṣ “Prince Lord of Earth.” The god of Ekron mentioned in 2 Kgs 1:2–6, Baal-zebub, “Lord of flies,” may be an intentional perversion of “Baal-zebul” (cf. זְבוּב).

 

זְבוּלוּן. Zebulun. The name of the sixth son of Leah and the tenth son of Jacob. “Zebulun” may mean “honor” (cf. Gen 30:19, 20) and has been related to Akkadian zubullû, “bridegroom’s gift” by Speiser (Genesis, in AB, p. 231; also cf. זְבֻל).

 

The tribe of Zebulun was the fourth largest both at the start and the conclusion of the wilderness wanderings (Num 1:31; 26:26). In lists of t he twelve tribes, Zebulun normally followed Issachar (1:9; 2:7), but in the blessing of Moses, Zebulun is named first (Deut 33:18). Zebulun joined the disgraced Reuben in pronouncing the curses from Mount Ebal (27:13).

Zebulun’s tribal allotment is given in Josh 19:10–16. Her territory lay on the northern edge of the Jezreel Valley, north of Manasseh and Issachar and south of Asher and Naphtali. Both Gen 49:13 and Deut 33:19 link Zebulun with the seashore. Perhaps this refers primarily to the trade between the Mediterranean and the Sea of Galilee which enriched Zebulun.

Zebulun was one of the tribes which failed to drive out the Canaanites (Jud 1:30) but her warriors were highly praised for their courageous role in the victories over Sisera and the Canaanites (4:6, 10; 5:14, 18) and later the Midianites (6:35; cf. Ps 68:27 [H 28]). When David became king over all Israel, Zebulun sent him a large contingent of 50,000 troops and abundant supplies (1 Chr 12:33 [H 34], 40 [H 4]). During Hezekiah’s reign, some from Zebulun accepted his invitation to celebrate the Passover in Jerusalem (2 Chr 30:10–19). The tribe is also   named with Naphtali as recipients of the honor to come upon Galilee at the advent of Christ (Isa 9:1 [H 8:23]).

H.W.

 

 

TWOT, s.v. “זָבַל,” 1:235-236.

Edited February 19, 2016 by Dan Francis

[Daniel Francis]

sorry brain dead not seeing things right in front of me... IGNORE..

Edited February 19, 2016 by Dan Francis