לאה
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Semitic *layʾ-at- ~ laʾay-at- (“cow”), possibly from verbal root *l-ʾ-y "to be strong, mighty".
Proper noun[edit]
לֵאָה • (Le'a)
- Leah (biblical character)
- A female given name: Leah
Anagrams[edit]
References[edit]
- Astour, Michael C. (1966) Hellenosemitica: An Ethinic and Cultural Study in West Semitic Impact on on Mycenaean Greece, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 90
- Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 205
Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
לאה • (leye) f, diminutive לאהלע (leyele)
- Leah (biblical character)
- A female given name: Leah
Categories:
- Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic
- Hebrew lemmas
- Hebrew proper nouns
- Hebrew given names
- Hebrew female given names
- he:Biblical characters
- Yiddish terms derived from Hebrew
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish proper nouns
- Yiddish given names
- Yiddish female given names
- yi:Biblical characters