The Four Matriarchs

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The Four Matriarchs

The Four Matriarchs

The important women in the lineage of the Hebrew nation: Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah (and perhaps Rachel, Leah, Bilhah, and Zilpah as the mothers of the ten tribes).

("We call our fathers only 'the three patriarchs', and our mothers only 'the four matriarchs'" – Minor Tractates, Tractate Semachot 1:12, and also: "The angel said to Jacob, 'Jacob, did you not give tithes from all that you have? Yet you have sons and have not given me a tithe of them.' What did Jacob do? He set apart four firstborn sons for the four matriarchs, and eight sons remained" – Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer (Higger), "Chorev", 36, and also: "Who knows one? I know one: Four matriarchs, three patriarchs, two tablets of the covenant, one is our God in heaven and on earth" – Piyyut 'Echad Mi Yodea')

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַרְבַּע אִמָּהוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

הַנָּשִׁים הַחֲשׁוּבוֹת בְּשּׁוּשֶׁלֶת הָאֻמָּה הָעִבְרִית: שָׁרָה רִבְקָה רָחֵל וְלֵאָה (וְאוּלַי יֵשׁ לְפָרֵשׁ: הָאִמָּהוֹת לֵאָה, רָחֵל, בִּלְהָה וְזִלְּפָה שֶׁהֵן אִמָּהוֹת עֲשֶׂרֶת כָּל שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל).

("אֵין קוֹרִין לַאֲבוֹת אָבִינוּ אֶלָּא לִשְׁלֹשָׁה הָאָבוֹת, וְלֹא לְאִמָּהוֹת אִמֵּנוּ אֶלָּא לְאַרְבַּע הָאִמָּהוֹת"- מַסֶּכְתּוֹת קְטַנּוֹת מַסֶּכֶת שְׂמָחוֹת א יב, וְכֵן:"אָמַר הַמַּלְאָךְ לְיַעֲקֹב, יַעֲקֹב לֹא נָתַתָּ מֵעֶשֶׂר מִכָּל וַהֲלֹא יֵשׁ לְךָ בָּנִים וְלֹא עֲשֶׂרֶת אוֹתָם לִי, מָה עָשָׂה יַעֲקֹב, הִפְרִישׁ אַרְבָּעָה בְּכוֹרוֹת לְאַרְבַּע אִמָּהוֹת"- פִּרְקֵי דֶּרׇבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר , "חֹרֵב", לו, וְכֵן:"אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ/ אֶחָד אֲנִי יוֹדֵעַ:/ אַרְבַּע אִמָּהוֹת/ שְׁלוֹשָׁה אֲבוֹת/ שְׁנֵי לוּחוֹת הַבְּרִית/ אֶחָד אֱלֹהֵנוּ/ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ"- פִּיּוּט אֶחָד מִי יוֹדֵעַ)

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