Leah Definition & Meaning

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Leah American [lee-uh] / ˈli ə /

noun

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

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

Leah British / ˈlɪə /

noun

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

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Everyone knew the Fox family had six children—Leah, Maria, Elizabeth, and David, now grown; Maggie and Kate, still at home.

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The girl’s father, a publisher, handed Leah a newly printed pamphlet— Mysterious Noises?

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Leah was shocked to read more than sixty pages about her parents, her little sisters, and a peddler’s rapping spirit.

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Asked if the story was true, Leah responded, “If my father, mother, and brother David have certified to such a statement, it is true.”

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Leah was more than twenty years older than her two youngest sisters.

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