Leah

E44003

biblical figure matriarch person in the Hebrew Bible

Leah is a prominent biblical matriarch, wife of Jacob and mother of several tribes of Israel, traditionally believed to be buried in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lea	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical figure ⓘ matriarch ⓘ person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
appearsInChapter	Genesis 29 ⓘ Genesis 30 ⓘ Genesis 35 ⓘ
associatedLocationTradition	Hebron ⓘ Eretz HaKodesh ⓘ surface form: Land of Israel
associatedWithTribe	Tribe of Issachar ⓘ Tribe of Judah ⓘ Tribe of Levi ⓘ Tribe of Reuben ⓘ Tribe of Simeon ⓘ Tribe of Zebulun ⓘ
burialPlaceTradition	Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave ⓘ surface form: Cave of the Patriarchs Hebron ⓘ
daughterOf	Laban ⓘ
ethnicIdentity	Arameans ⓘ surface form: Aramean (by family of Laban)
familyRole	matriarch of Israel ⓘ
grandmotherOf	the tribes descended from her sons ⓘ
hasChildWith	Jacob ⓘ
hasRelationshipType	first wife of Jacob ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
maritalStatus	wife of Jacob ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Genesis ⓘ
motherOf	Dinah ⓘ Issachar ⓘ Judah son of Jacob ⓘ surface form: Judah Levi ⓘ Reuben ⓘ Simeon ⓘ Zebulun ⓘ
nameInHebrew	לֵאָה ⓘ
narrativeRole	mother of several tribes of Israel ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
residenceNarrative	Canaan ⓘ Haran ⓘ
sister	Rachel ⓘ
sourceText	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
spouse	Jacob ⓘ
spouseOrder	first wife of Jacob ⓘ
veneratedIn	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sarah → FourMatriarchsWith → Leah ⓘ

Tribe of Judah → ancestorMother → Leah ⓘ

Al-Khalil → associatedWithFigure → Leah ⓘ

Hebron Patriarchs’ Cave → burialOf → Leah ⓘ

Ephron the Hittite → burialSiteProvidedFor → Leah ⓘ

Joseph and His Brothers → featuresCharacter → Leah ⓘ

Leah Rabin → givenName → Leah ⓘ

Nomalizo Leah Tutu → givenName → Leah ⓘ

Zilpah → givenTo → Leah ⓘ

Laban → hasDaughter → Leah ⓘ

Israel → hasSpouse → Leah ⓘ

Leigh → hasVariantSpelling → Leah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lea

Issachar → mother → Leah ⓘ

Levi → mother → Leah ⓘ

Reuben → mother → Leah ⓘ

Simeon → mother → Leah ⓘ

Zebulun → parent → Leah ⓘ

Zilpah → servantOf → Leah ⓘ

Rachel → sister → Leah ⓘ

Tribe of Simeon → sonOf → Leah ⓘ

subject surface form: Simeon

Jacob → spouse → Leah ⓘ

Hebron → traditionalBurialPlaceOf → Leah ⓘ