Leah

[ lee-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Leah

/ ˈlɪə /

Old Testament the first wife of Jacob and elder sister of Rachel, his second wife (Genesis 29)

Along the way, he crosses paths with Leah (Diane Keaton), and the two begin to fall for one another.

For instance, Leah, whose daughter has a rare form of muscular dystrophy, is upset that her ex is getting married.

I want to contribute to the State in a way that would have made Yitzhak and Leah Rabin proud of me.

By next year, when Israel's new banknotes are in circulation, that will be two Leah Goldbergs or one Nathan Alterman.

Leah Parsons issued a statement discouraging vigilantism too.

Failing this, service must be done by the youth; and a wife be earned as Jacob earned Leah and Rachel.

He served seven years with Laban, and married Leah, upheld by the hope of one day obtaining Rachel.

If Rachael and Leah are really animal names, they may be old phratry names, though I think it highly improbable.

Leah means a wild cow, and Rachel is the Hebrew name for an ewe.

And if my sister Leah, olav hasholem, would be alive to-day I would of got 'em all over here long since ago already.

Browse