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The elder daughter of Laban, sister to Rachel, and first wife of Jacob. quotations examples
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, […], Genesis 29:16-17:
A female given name from Hebrew. quotations examples
"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, page 113
A surname. examples