לֵאָה

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; 1 Mos 29,16; 1 Mos 29,17; 1 Mos 29,23; 1 Mos 29,24; 1 Mos 29,25; 1 Mos 29,30; 1 Mos 29,31; 1 Mos 29,32 (compare v1 Mos 29,33 v1 Mos 29,34 v1 Mos 29,35) 1 Mos 30,9 + 15 t. 1 Mos 31,32; 1 Mos 33,1; 1 Mos 33,2; 1 Mos 33,7; 1 Mos 34,1; 1 Mos 35,23; 1 Mos 35,26; 1 Mos 46,15; 1 Mos 46,18; 1 Mos 49,31; Rut 4,11 ᵐ5 Λ(ε)ια.