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title: לֵאָה — Leah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לֵאָה (3812), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 34 times: Leah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. Leah. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לֵאָה

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«לֵאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Leah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 34 times · **Key:** 3812 · **BDB:** לֵאָה

### Glosses

Leah (22); of.Leah (9); \[was\].Leah (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Leah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3812/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. Leah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3812/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. Leah, elder daughter of Laban, and wife of Jacob (perhaps = wild-cow, Arabic لَأًى, (لَأٓةٌ) \[cf. רָחֵל ewe\], DlProl. 80 RSK 219 and (doubtfully) Nö ZMG xl. 1886, 167; also Gray Heb. Names, 96; others, as HptGGN 1883, 100 comp. Assyrian li’at, in sense mistress; on poss. relation of לֵאָה to לֵוִי v. לֵוִי);—mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun and Dinah; Gn 29:16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32 (cf. vv 33, 34, 35) 30:9 + 15 times Gn 31, 32; 33:1, 2, 7; 34:1; 35:23, 26; 46:15, 18; 49:31; Ru 4:11; 𝔊 Λ(ε)ια.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לֵאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3812/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 30:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.10/)

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וַתֵּ֗לֶד זִלְפָּ֛ה שִׁפְחַ֥ת לֵאָ֖ה לְיַעֲקֹ֥ב בֵּֽן׃

*Word for word:* and she.bore Zilpah the.maidservant of.Leah to Jacob a.son

*JPS 1917:* And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a son.

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[Genesis 30:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.30.12/)

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וַתֵּ֗לֶד זִלְפָּה֙ שִׁפְחַ֣ת לֵאָ֔ה בֵּ֥ן שֵׁנִ֖י לְיַעֲקֹֽב׃

*Word for word:* and she.bore Zilpah the.maidservant of.Leah a.son second to Jacob

*JPS 1917:* And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bore Jacob a second son.

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