לאה
Hebrew
Etymology
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
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Proper noun
לֵאָה • (Le'a)
- (biblical) Leah
- a female given name, Leah
References
- Astour, Michael C. (1965) 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
לאה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Anagrams
Yiddish
Etymology
Proper noun
לאה • (leye) f, diminutive לאהלע (leyele)
- (biblical) Leah
- a female given name, equivalent to English Leah