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Strong's #3812 - לֵאָה

Transliteration

Lêʼâh

Phonetics

lay-aw'

Origin

from (H3811)

Parts of Speech

Proper Name Feminine

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Leah = “weary”

1) daughter of Laban, first wife of Jacob, and mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (34)

Genesis 33

Ruth 1

NAS (34)

Genesis 33

Ruth 1

HCS (33)

Genesis 32

Ruth 1

BSB (34)

Genesis 33

Ruth 1

ESV (34)

Genesis 33

Ruth 1

WEB (33)

Genesis 32

Ruth 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

לֵאָה₃₄ proper name, feminine Leah, elder daughter of Laban, and wife of Jacob (perhaps = wild-cow, Arabic

, (

) [compare רָחֵל ewe], Dl^{Prol. 80} RS^{K 219 and} (doubtfully) Nö^{ZMG xl. 1886,167}; also Gray^{Heb. Names, 96}; others as Hpt^{GGN 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 Genesis 29:33; Genesis 29:34; Genesis 29:35) Genesis 30:9 15t. Genesis 31:32; Genesis 33:1,2,7; Genesis 34:1; Genesis 35:23,26; Genesis 46:15,18; Genesis 49:31; Ruth 4:11; ᵐ5 Λ(ε)ια.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לֵאָה (“wearied”) pr.n. Leah, the elder daughter of Laban, and the wife of Jacob, Genesis 29:16, sq.; ch. 30, 31.

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List of Word Forms

וְלֵאָ֔ה וּכְלֵאָה֙ וּלְלֵאָ֑ה וכלאה ולאה וללאה לְלֵאָ֣ה לְלֵאָ֥ה לֵאָ֑ה לֵאָ֔ה לֵאָ֖ה לֵאָ֗ה לֵאָ֛ה לֵאָ֜ה לֵאָ֣ה לֵאָ֤ה לֵאָֽה׃ לֵאָה֙ לאה לאה׃ ללאה מִלֵּאָ֑ה מלאה lê’āh lê·’āh lə·lê·’āh leAh ləlê’āh leleAh mil·lê·’āh millê’āh milleAh ū·ḵə·lê·’āh ū·lə·lê·’āh ucheleAh ūḵəlê’āh ūləlê’āh uleleAh veleAh wə·lê·’āh wəlê’āh