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". Cognate with Akkadian 𒀖 (lītum, cow) and Arabic لَآة (laʔāh, wild cow).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Proper noun[edit]

לֵאָה (Le'a)

  1. Leah (biblical figure)
  2. a female given name, Leah

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

Further reading[edit]

לאה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he

Anagrams[edit]

Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hebrew לֵאָה.

Proper noun[edit]

לאה (leyef, diminutive לאהלע (leyele)

  1. Leah (biblical character)
  2. a female given name: Leah