לֵאָה (le.ah) means “Leah” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: lay-aw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
לֵאָה · le.ah · Leah
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.16; 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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from H3811 (לָאָה); weary; Leah, a wife of Jacob
KJV glosses: Leah.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| leah | 15 |
| and leah | 4 |
| of leah | 2 |
| then leah | 2 |
| among leah | 1 |
| and leahs | 1 |
| leahs | 1 |
| more than leah | 1 |
| of leahs | 1 |
| she | 1 |
| then leahs | 1 |
| was leah | 1 |
| when leah | 1 |
| when leahs | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and leah | 11 |
| leah | 7 |
| leahs | 3 |
| of leah | 3 |
| to leah | 2 |
| unto leah | 2 |
| and into leahs | 1 |
| and like leah | 1 |
| more than leah | 1 |
| of leahs | 1 |
| that leah | 1 |
| when leah | 1 |
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Now Laban had two daughters; the older was named Leah, and the younger was named Rachel.
Read word by wordLeah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
Read word by wordBut when evening came, Laban took his daughter Leah and gave her to Jacob, and he slept with her.
Read word by wordAnd Laban gave his servant girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maidservant.
Read word by wordWhen morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
Read word by wordJacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
Read word by wordWhen the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
Read word by wordAnd Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
Read word by wordWhen Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife.
Read word by wordAnd Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
Read word by wordThen Leah said, “How fortunate!” So she named him Gad.
Read word by wordWhen Leah’s servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son,
Read word by wordLeah said, “How happy I am! For the women call me happy.” So she named him Asher.
Read word by wordNow during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
Read word by wordWhen Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.
Read word by wordAnd God listened to Leah, and she conceived and bore a fifth son to Jacob.
Read word by wordThen Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
Read word by wordAgain Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordSo Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,
Read word by wordAnd Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?
Read word by wordSo Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
Read word by wordNow Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
Read word by wordHe put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
Read word by wordLeah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.
Read word by wordNow Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.
Read word by wordThe sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Read word by wordAnd the sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah were Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan-aram.
Read word by wordThese are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
Read word by wordThese are the sons of Jacob born to Zilpah—whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah—sixteen in all.
Read word by wordThere Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
Read word by word“We are witnesses,” said the elders and all the people at the gate. “May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.
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