Leah
proper nouncommon in dialogue
- //ˈliːə//
The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
proper noun
- 1
The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob.
And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well-favoured.
- 2
A female given name from Hebrew.
"I'm Leah Brennan. How can I help you...Gideon?" He gave a short laugh. "Leah! Nice name. Between the two of us, we sound like the Old Testament, don't we?"
- 3
A surname.
Etymology
From Hebrew לֵאָה (Le'a).
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