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HebrewH3812Proper Noun (Feminine)

לֵאָה

le.ah

32Occurrences
H3812Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Leah, a wife of Jacob

from H3811 (לָאָה); weary;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; daughter of: Laban (H3837A); sister of: Rachel (H7354); married to Israel (H3478); mother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783) § Leah = "weary" daughter of Laban, first wife of Jacob, and mother of Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

לֵאָה appears 32 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
31
Ruth
1

Key Passages

Genesis 29:16BSB

Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.

Genesis 29:31BSB

When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.

Genesis 30:13BSB

Leah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.

Genesis 30:20BSB

“God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.

Genesis 33:7BSB

Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.