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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Leah


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Leah Leah

Leah is one of four arch-mothers of Israel. She is one of two daughters of Laban, son of Bethuel, son of Nahor with Milcah. Leah is the sister of Rachel and the mother of the first four sons of Jacob, including Judah, and his ninth and tenth, and his only daughter Dinah.

The name Leah is identical to the word Leah (la'a 1066) meaning be weary, grieved, offended (even impatient, slow - BDB). A derivation is the word telaa (tela'a 1066a), toil, hardship. Jones reads Weary.

Probably to complement the name Rachel (which means Ewe) BDB and NOBSE turn to the cognate Arabic and read Wild Cow. To a Hebrew audience, the name Leah may have resounded her position of grief and offense as she was Jacob's least loved wife.



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