Rebecca

Rebecca is an English and European form of the Hebrew name Rivqah, whose precise root meaning is debated but is often connected to a Hebrew word meaning to tie or to snare, suggesting a sense of captivating beauty or binding. In the Hebrew Bible, Rebecca is the wife of Isaac and mother of Jacob and Esau, making her one of the matriarchs of the Israelite people, and her story is told in the Book of Genesis. The name passed into widespread use across Europe through the Latin and Greek forms found in the Vulgate and Septuagint. Variant and cognate forms include Rebekah, the more directly transliterated Hebrew spelling, as well as the French Rébecca.