Rebekah

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feminine given name given name

Rebekah is a feminine given name, traditionally associated with the biblical matriarch Rebecca and used in various English-speaking cultures.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feminine given name → given name →
associatedWith	biblical matriarch Rebecca →
culturalUsage	Christian communities worldwide → English-speaking countries →
endsWith	h →
etymologicalOrigin	Hebrew name Rivqah →
gender	feminine →
grammaticalNumber	singular →
hasLanguageOfUse	English → Hebrew →
hasNotableBearer	Rebekah Brooks → Rebekah Del Rio → Rebekah Elmaloglou → Rebekah Mercer → Rebekah Staton →
hasReligiousAssociation	Christianity → Judaism →
hasShortForm	Becca → Becky → Bek → Bekah → Bex →
hasStressPattern	stress on second syllable in common English pronunciation (re-BE-kah) →
hasVariantForm	Rebecca → Rebeccah → Rebekka →
meaning	often interpreted as “to tie” or “to bind” →
nameCategory	biblical name → theophoric and religiously significant name →
nameDayTradition	observed in some Christian calendars under form Rebecca →
nameLength	7 letters →
popularityTrend	more common in modern English than in earlier centuries →
pronunciationVariant	/rɪˈbiːkə/ (less common) → /rɪˈbɛkə/ →
spellingType	variant of Rebecca →
startsWith	R →
usedAs	first name →
writingSystem	Latin alphabet →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rivqah ("Rivkah") → Rivqah ("Rivka") → Rivqah ("Rivqa") →	transliteratedAs
Rebeca → Rebeca ("Rivka") →	hasRelatedName
Rivqah ("Rivkah") → Rivqah ("Rivka") →	hasVariantSpelling
Rebekah ("biblical matriarch Rebecca") →	associatedWith
Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave →	burialOf
Ephron the Hittite →	burialSiteProvidedFor
Esau →	childOf
Isaac Blessing Jacob →	depicts
Rivqah →	equivalentName
Sarah →	FourMatriarchsWith
Judah son of Jacob →	grandparent
Rebecca →	hasAlternativeSpelling
Rebeca ("Rivka") →	hasBiblicalForm
Israel →	hasParent
Laban →	hasSister
Rebecca →	hasVariant
Rivqah ("biblical matriarch Rebecca") →	isMatronymicOf
Jacob →	mother
Rachel →	relativeOf
Patriarch Isaac →	spouse
Hebron →	traditionalBurialPlaceOf