1 tn Or “Leah conceived” (also in vv. 33, 34, 35).
2 sn The name Reuben (רְאוּבֵן, rÿ’uven) means “look, a son.”
3 tn Heb “looked on my affliction.”
sn Leah’s explanation of the name Reuben reflects a popular etymology, not an exact one. The name means literally “look, a son.” Playing on the Hebrew verb “look,” she observes that the