לְגַן־יָרָ֗ק

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְגַן־יָרָ֗ק

   le-gan-ya-RAK

   for a garden of greens
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וִֽיהִי־לִ֣י לְגַן־יָרָ֗ק

   vi-hi-LI le-gan-ya-RAK

   and let it be for me for a garden of greens
3. clause🔊 וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אַחְאָ֣ב אֶל־נָב֣וֹת לֵאמֹר֩ תְּנָה־לִּ֨י אֶֽת־כַּרְמְךָ֜ וִֽיהִי־לִ֣י לְגַן־יָרָ֗ק כִּ֣י ה֤וּא קָרוֹב֙ אֵ֣צֶל בֵּיתִ֔י וְאֶתְּנָ֤ה לְךָ֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו כֶּ֖רֶם ט֣וֹב מִמֶּ֑נּוּ

   va-ye-da-BER akh-AV el-na-VOT le-MOR te-NA-li et-kar-me-KHA vi-hi-LI le-gan-ya-RAK KI HU ka-ROV E-tsel be-TI ve-et-te-NA le-KHA takh-TAV KE-rem TOV mim-me-NU

   and he spoke Ahab to Naboth saying please give to me your vineyard and let it be for me for a garden of greens for it near beside my house and I will give to you in place of it a vineyard good than it, from it
4. sentence🔊 וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אַחְאָ֣ב אֶל־נָב֣וֹת לֵאמֹר֩ תְּנָה־לִּ֨י אֶֽת־כַּרְמְךָ֜ וִֽיהִי־לִ֣י לְגַן־יָרָ֗ק כִּ֣י ה֤וּא קָרוֹב֙ אֵ֣צֶל בֵּיתִ֔י וְאֶתְּנָ֤ה לְךָ֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו כֶּ֖רֶם ט֣וֹב מִמֶּ֑נּוּ אִ֚ם ט֣וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ אֶתְּנָה־לְךָ֥ כֶ֖סֶף מְחִ֥יר זֶֽה׃

   va-ye-da-BER akh-AV el-na-VOT le-MOR te-NA-li et-kar-me-KHA vi-hi-LI le-gan-ya-RAK KI HU ka-ROV E-tsel be-TI ve-et-te-NA le-KHA takh-TAV KE-rem TOV mim-me-NU IM TOV be-e-NE-kha et-te-NA-le-KHA KE-sef me-KHIR ZE

   and he spoke Ahab to Naboth saying please give to me your vineyard and let it be for me for a garden of greens for it near beside my house and I will give to you in place of it a vineyard good than it, from it if good in your eyes I will give to you silver, money price, value this

Exegesis

The Qal imperfect veyihi-li {וִֽיהִי־לִ֣י | wə-yi-hî-lî} with legan-yarak {לְגַן־יָרָק | lə-gan-yā-rāq} forms a purposive clause ‘that it may become for me a garden’.

Root and etymology

g-n🔊 ג־נgimel–nun

“enclosure; garden”

• 🔊 גַּן־עֵדֶןGan-EdenGarden of EdenGenesis 2:8