File:Tomb of Leah.jpg

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English: "This is the Tomb of the Lady Leah ... upon her be the Peace." Cave of Machpelah, Hebron, Palestine.
The actual Arabic text on the sign says: هذا قبر سيّدتنا لائقة رضي الله عنها زوجة النبي يعقوب عليه السلام — "This is the tomb of our lady Lāʼiqah, may God be pleased with her, the wife of the prophet Jacob, peace be upon him." Lāʼiqah is an Arabic word meaning 'worthy'; the actual Arabic form of Leah's name is Liyā or Liʼah.
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Source Palestine Exploration Fund Magazine. Quarterly Statement July 1912. Pages 145-150. Cenotaphs of the Hebrew Patriarchs at the Cave of Machpelah. By the Rev A.B. Grimaldi M.A.
Author Photo by C. Raad. Northern British-Israel Review. January 1911. (Glasgow). Editor Mr M. Graham Coltart.

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