The name of Jacob’s second son is “Simeon”. Here is the relevant JPS1917[cut]
translation regarding the name “Simeon”: “And she [Leah] conceived again, and
bore a son; and said: 'Because the LORD [YHWH] hath heard that I am hated,
He hath therefore given me this son also.' And she called his name Simeon.”
Genesis 29: 33
In my view, there are four key Hebrew words involved here, as follows:
SHIN/SIN-MEM-ayin: shama’/“heard”
SHIN/SIN-NUN-aleph: sana’/“hated” [At Genesis 29: 33, the form of this
word is SHIN/SIN-NUN-vav-aleph-heh.]
NUN-tav-NUN: nathan/“given” [At Genesis 29: 33, the form of this word is
yod-tav-NUN.]
SHIN/SIN-MEM-ayin-vav-NUN: “Simeon”
There are three key Hebrew true consonants here: (1) shin/sin, (2) mem, and
(3) nun, in that order. I myself see three levels of deliberate puns here,
with the second level pun being by far the most important.
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