Leah

[lee-uh]

noun

1. Also Lia (in the Bible) the first wife of Jacob.

2. a female given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “weary.”

Leah

/ ˈlɪə /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Multhaup also attacked the Los Angeles Police Department and district attorney’s office investigations as unfairly biased against Scientology, largely due to the involvement of actress Leah Remini in the case.

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Leah Matthews and her partner Anthony decided to go for a dog walk in mid Wales' Waterfall Country on 4 October, but it ended with Leah being airlifted to hospital and needing major surgery after she lost her footing and fell about 40m from a cliff into a river.

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Leah said it was a "miracle" she survived and described the accident as "never ending... I thought I was going to die".

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The couple, from Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf, brought Leah's mum's cockapoo Bear and her brother's cocker spaniel Lola to Henrhyd Falls.

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The dog had gone down a bank and was slipping and struggling to get back up, so Leah picked up a stick and was leaning forward to try and hook it under her harness to pull her up.

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