לֵאָהLêʼâh

proper name, feminine: Leah, elder daughter of Laban, and wife of Jacob (Genesis 29:16; Genesis 29:17; Genesis 29:23; Genesis 29:24; Genesis 29:25)

Pronunciation: lay-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3812

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 34 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 29:16 Now Laban had two daughters. The older daughter was named Leah, and the younger one was Rachel.
  • Genesis 29:17 There was no sparkle in Leah’s eyes, but Rachel had a beautiful figure and a lovely face.
  • Genesis 29:23 But that night, when it was dark, Laban took Leah to Jacob, and he slept with her.
  • Genesis 29:24 (Laban had given Leah a servant, Zilpah, to be her maid.)
  • Genesis 29:25 But when Jacob woke up in the morning—it was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob raged at Laban. “I worked seven years for Rachel! Why have you tricked me?”
  • Genesis 29:30 So Jacob slept with Rachel, too, and he loved her much more than Leah. He then stayed and worked for Laban the additional seven years.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).