Leah

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Leah (LAY-uh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. One of the matriarchs of Judaism, the biblical older daughter of Laban and first wife of Jacob, whom he was tricked into marrying by Laban.

Example Sentences

  • "The text of the Torah explicitly states that the handmaidens were used to help build up the main wife. Rachel specifically in Bereishis 30:3 is essentially saying 'have a child with her so that I may have a child'. So much so that Leah and Rachel are the ones who name the children." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • לֵאָה

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education
      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

Notes

  • See bedeken, the ceremony that references the marriage that Jacob was tricked into by Laban.

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