Leah (
ISO 259-3 Leˀa;
La'ya; from ), as described in the
Hebrew Bible, is the first of the
two concurrent wives of the Hebrew patriarch
Jacob and mother of six sons whose descendants became some of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, along with one daughter,
Dinah. Leah was the daughter of
Laban and the older sister of
Rachel, whom Jacob originally wanted to marry.