She Spoke and He Was Named: Constructing Divine Reward in Genesis 30:18
וַאֲמֶרֶת לֵאָה יְהַב יְיָ אַגְרִי דִּיהָבִית אַמְתִי לְבַעְלִי וּקְרַת שְׁמֵיהּ יִשָּׂשׂכָר: (Genesis 30:18) And Leʾah said, “YHWH has given my reward, because I gave my maidservant to my husband,” and she called his name Yissakhar. The Voice of Leʾah: A Dramatic Monologue “Yehav YHWH agri”—the words burst forth from Leʾah’s lips, not with self-pity but…