Genesis 29:33

New International Version

³³She conceived again, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Because the Lord heard that I am not loved,^(A) he gave me this one too.” So she named him Simeon.^[a]^(B)

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Genesis 29:33 Simeon probably means one who hears.

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Genesis 29:34

New International Version

³⁴Again she conceived, and when she gave birth to a son she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me,^(A) because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.^[a]^(B)

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Genesis 29:34 Levi sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for attached.

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Genesis 42:24

New International Version

²⁴He turned away from them and began to weep,^(A) but then came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.^(B)

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Genesis 49:5-7

New International Version

⁵“Simeon^(A) and Levi^(B) are brothers—
    their swords^[a] are weapons of violence.^(C)
⁶Let me not enter their council,
    let me not join their assembly,^(D)
for they have killed men in their anger^(E)
    and hamstrung^(F) oxen as they pleased.
⁷Cursed be their anger, so fierce,
    and their fury,^(G) so cruel!^(H)
I will scatter them in Jacob
    and disperse them in Israel.^(I)