Rivkah is from the Hebrew Rivqāh (רִבְקָה — to bind, captivate). A modern American baby name in the broader Hebrew-Jewish heritage aesthetic. Rivkah (Rebecca) is the foundational second matriarch of the Jewish people + wife of Isaac (foundational patriarch) + mother of Jacob and Esau + grandmother of the foundational Twelve Tribes of Israel — central to the foundational Hebrew Bible (Genesis 24-27). Foundational figure in Jewish + Christian + Islamic heritage (also venerated as foundational matriarch in Islam alongside Sarah). Foundational subject of the foundational Rebecca at the Well iconography (foundational Italian Renaissance + Dutch Golden Age art including Nicolas Poussin's foundational Rebecca at the Well 1648, Louvre). Foundational Hebrew + Modern Hebrew + Yiddish feminine name.
Featured throughout Hebrew heritage.
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Rivkah reduces to nine.