tahar

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Bilhah’s pregnancy was noticeable and therefore the Torah says of her “she conceived [“va-tahar]” (Gen. 30: 5), since she looked like a mountain (har) while pregnant (Midrash Aggadah, ed. Buber, Gen. 29: 24).

Bilhah: Midrash and Aggadah. 2009