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Leah

//ˈliːə// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    A surname.

Etymology

From Hebrew לֵאָה (Le'a).

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