ra.chel is the proper name used for the woman identified as Jacob’s beloved wife and mother of Joseph and Benjamin.

The attested form is a proper name identifying the woman associated with Jacob: she is named as Laban’s younger daughter, Jacob’s wife, the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, and the one whose burial place is recalled. Later verses retain the same name in lament and comparison, referring to her and her children or setting another woman alongside her example.

1. The named woman in Jacob’s family narrative · dominant

   All supplied tokens are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same named woman in family and narrative settings. In Genesis 29:18 the APB renders Jacob’s commitment to serve for Laban’s younger daughter and his love for her; in Genesis 35:19 it renders her death and burial, while Genesis 46:19 identifies Joseph and Benjamin as her sons. In Jeremiah 31:15 the APB presents her as weeping for her children, and Ruth 4:11 places her beside Leah in a blessing for the woman entering a household.

   Genesis 29:18Genesis 30:22Genesis 35:19Genesis 46:19Jeremiah 31:15Ruth 4:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as the personal name “Rachel” in narrative, genealogical, burial, lament, and blessing contexts. These renderings confirm the verse-level identification rather than supplying a separate lexical nuance.