|
March
Order |
Tribe/Item |
Birth
Order |
Mother* |
Original Meaning ** |
Jacob's Blessing *** |
1 |
Judah |
4 |
Leah |
Praise |
Shall Be praised, leadership |
2 |
Issachar |
9 |
Leah |
Hired |
Donkey, bends to the load, servant |
3 |
Zebulun |
10 |
Leah |
Dwelling |
Haven for ships |
4 |
Tabernacle |
3a |
|
Compassion |
--- |
5 |
Reuben |
1 |
Leah |
See, a son |
Firstborn without firstborn's rights.
Unstable |
6 |
Simeon |
2 |
Leah |
God hears |
I will scatter them |
7 |
Gad |
7 |
Zilpah (L) |
Fortune |
A raiding troop |
8 |
Holy Things |
3b |
|
Compassion |
--- |
9 |
Ephraim |
11b |
Rachel (J) |
To be fruitful (May he add) |
--- |
10 |
Manasseh |
11a |
Rachel (J) |
Making to forget (May he add) |
--- |
11 |
Benjamin |
12 |
Rachel |
Son of the right hand |
Ravenous wolf |
12 |
Dan |
5 |
Bilhah (R) |
Judged |
Judge, a serpent by the way |
13 |
Asher |
8 |
Zilpah (L) |
Happy |
Food supply shall be rich and fat |
14 |
Naphtali |
6 |
Bilha h(R) |
Struggled |
Hind let loose which yields lovely
fawns |
|
|
Levi |
3 |
Lea |
Companion |
I will scatter them |
|
Joseph |
10 |
Rachel |
May he add |
Fruitful bough by a well, hands remain
strong when attacked |
* For the 2 maids, the woman that they are a maid of
is shown in parenthases. For Joseph's sons, (J) is shown.
** Gen 29:32 - 30:24; 35:18
*** Gen 49:1-29 |
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