Leah en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈliːə/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Hebrew לֵאָה (Le'a).
Meanings
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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.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 29:16-17::
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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?"
2010, Cavn Wright, Bedtime Tales, Strategic Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 113:
- A surname.
Translations (45)
fr Léa (elder daughter of Laban) · pt Lia (elder daughter of Laban) · kk Лия (elder daughter of Laban) · haw Lea (elder daughter of Laban) · gd Lèah (elder daughter of Laban) · la Lia (elder daughter of Laban) · ko 레아 (elder daughter of Laban) · ms Lea (elder daughter of Laban) · es Lía (elder daughter of Laban) · hi लिया (given name) · scn Lia (elder daughter of Laban) · ja レア (elder daughter of Laban) · gu લેઆહ (elder daughter of Laban) · scn Lia (given name) · fi Lea (elder daughter of Laban) · no Lea (elder daughter of Laban) · yi לאה (given name) · he לֵאָה (elder daughter of Laban) · es Lea (elder daughter of Laban) · cmn 利婭 /利娅 (given name) · el Λεία (elder daughter of Laban) · he לֵאָה (given name) · scn Lea (given name) · de Lea (elder daughter of Laban) · de Lia (elder daughter of Laban) · sk Lea (elder daughter of Laban) · da Lea (elder daughter of Laban) · ar لَيْئَة (elder daughter of Laban) · es Lea (given name) · grc Λεία (elder daughter of Laban) · sv Lea (elder daughter of Laban) · lt Lėja (elder daughter of Laban) · it Lia (elder daughter of Laban) · it Lea (elder daughter of Laban) · fr Léa (given name) · lt Lėja (given name) · scn Lea (elder daughter of Laban) · bg Ли́я (elder daughter of Laban) · hi लिआ (elder daughter of Laban) · es Lía (given name) · ru Ли́я (elder daughter of Laban) · pt Léia (elder daughter of Laban) · et Lea (elder daughter of Laban) · sk Lea (given name) · yi לאה (elder daughter of Laban)