Lexical Summary Leah: "weary", a wife of Jacob Original Word: לֵאָהTransliteration: Leah Phonetic Spelling: (lay-aw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine Short Definition: "weary", a wife of Jacob Meaning: Leah -- "weary", a wife of Jacob Strong's Concordance Leah From la'ah; weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob -- Leah. see HEBREW la'ah Brown-Driver-Briggs H3812. Leah לֵאָה34 proper name, feminine Leah, elder daughter of Laban, and wife of Jacob (perhaps = wild-cow, Arabic , () [compare רָחֵל ewe], DlProl. 80 RSK 219 and (doubtfully) NöZMG xl. 1886, 167; also GrayHeb. Names, 96; others as HptGGN 1883, 100 compare Assyrian li'at, in sense mistress; on possibly relation of לֵאָה to לִוֵי see לִוֵי); — mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah; Genesis 29:16-17, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32 (compare 29:33; 29:34; 29:35) 30:9 15t. 31:32; 33:1-2, 7; 34:1; 35:23, 26; 46:15, 18; 49:31; Ruth 4:11; ᵐ5 Λ(ε)ια. |
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