1. Rachel (proper name) — The personal name Rachel, the younger daughter of Laban and beloved wife of Jacob, mother of Joseph and Benjamin. All 47 occurrences refer to the same individual across narrative, genealogical, and prophetic contexts (Genesis 29–35, Ruth 4:11, Jeremiah 31:15). The three clusters differ only in prefixed particles: bare name, conjunctive waw (and-Rachel), and comparative kaph (like-Rachel). Multilingual transliterations confirm a unified referent: Arabic رَاحِيلُ (Rāḥīlu), Spanish Rajel/Raquel, Hindi राहेल (Rāhel), Korean 라헬 (Rahel), Swahili Raheli. Jeremiah 31:15 extends her name metaphorically to represent mourning for exiled Israel, but the referent remains the matriarch Rachel. 47×
AR["راحيلَ","راحيلُ","رَاحِيلَ","رَاحِيلُ"]·ben["রাহেল","রাহেলের"]·DE["Rachel","Rachels","war-Rachel"]·EN["Rachel"]·FR["Rachel"]·heb["רחל"]·HI["राहेल","राहेल-की","राहेल-के","राहेल-को","राहेल-ने","राहेल-से"]·ID["Rahel"]·IT["Rachele"]·jav["Rahel"]·KO["라헬","라헬을","라헬의","라헬이","라헬이다"]·PT["Rachel"]·RU["Рахили","Рахиль"]·ES["Rajel"]·SW["Raheli"]·TR["Rahel","Rahel'i","Rahel'in"]·urd["راحیل","راحیل-نے","راحیل-کی","راحیل-کے"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
II. רָחֵל47 n. pr. f. (ewe, RSK 219);—Rachel, Ραχηλ, daughter of Laban and wife of Jacob: Gn 29:6, 9, 10, 11, 28, 29, 30 + 36 times Gn (JE 37 times, P 6 times), + קְבֻרַת(־)ר׳ 35:20 (JE), 1 S 10:2 (cf. אֶפְרָתָה 1, p. 68; on site vid. DrHast.DB. Rachel); ר׳ (in fig.) Je 31:15; ר׳ Ru 4:11 (in sim.).