Rachel

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(rā′chəl)

noun

  1. a feminine name: dim. Rae
  2. Bible the younger of the two wives of Jacob, and mother of Joseph and Benjamin: Gen. 29-35

Origin: LL(Ec) < Gr(Ec) Rhachēl < Heb rachel, lit., ewe

(born Élisa Félix) 1820?-58; Fr. actress, born in Switzerland

See Rachel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

In the Bible, the second wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin.

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Origin: Hebrew rāḥēl, ewe; see lḫr in Semitic roots

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