H7354

רָחֵל

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Rachel

A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.29.6; daughter of: Laban (H3837A); sister of: Leah (H3812); married to Israel (H3478); mother of: Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144) Also named: Rhachēl (Ῥαχήλ "Rachel" G4478) § Rachel = "ewe" daughter of Laban, wife of Jacob, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

II. רָחֵל47 proper name, feminine (ewe, RSK 219); — Rachel, Ραχηλ, daughter of Laban and wife of Jacob: Gen 29:6; Gen 29:9; Gen 29:10; Gen 29:11; Gen 29:28; Gen 29:29; Gen 29:30 + 36 t. Genesis (J E 37 t., P 6 t.), + ׳קְבֻרַת(ֿׅ Gen 35:20 (JE), 1Sam 10:2. (compare אֶפְרָתָה 1; on site see DrHast. DB RACHEL); ׳ר (in figurative) Jer 31:15 ׳ר Ruth 4:11 (in simile).


40 occurrences

Genesis (38), I Samuel (1), Jeremiah (1)