וַתַּ֣הַר עוֹד֮ וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּן֒ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֤ע יְהוָה֙ כִּֽי־שְׂנוּאָ֣ה אָנֹ֔כִי וַיִּתֶּן־לִ֖י גַּם־אֶת־זֶ֑ה וַתִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמ֖וֹ שִׁמְעֽוֹן׃
Lea mengandung lagi dan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki, lalu katanya, “Karena Yang Mahakekal telah mendengar bahwa aku kurang dicintai, maka diberikan-Nya kepadaku anak ini juga.” Lalu ia menamainya Simeon.
Kli Yakar
“For the Lord has heard that I am hated.” Even though at the birth of her first son she said now my husband will love me, and all the more so he would not hate her, why then did she say for I am hated? Nevertheless, it appears that she thought it would be so [that he would love her] but it did not work out as she hoped. For she reasoned that since a woman is [married] only for children, and a son is undoubtedly beloved, how could the source [i.e., the mother] be hated while its waters [i.e., offspring] are cherished? Therefore she said now my husband will love me. But afterwards she saw that she had been mistaken, for logically her sister should have had the second son, so why did God give this one to me as well? It must be because it was revealed before the Holy One, blessed be He, that he [Jacob] still maintained his hatred. Therefore she said for the Lord has heard — He alone, may He be blessed, examines his heart and hears all the words that are with his heart, but I did not know this as I thought his hatred had already departed.
Sforno
כי שנואה אנכי, and because of this hatred He has given me also this son.