2 Samuel 13:2:142 Sam.13.2.W14TAB
לָ֖הּ
lah
“to her”
- Transliteration
- LAH
- Extended
- LAAH
- IPA
- /ˈlaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to her
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
LAH
- phraseyour reading level
la-a-SOT LAH
- clause
va-yip-pa-LE be-e-NE am-NON la-a-SOT LAH me-u-MA
- sentence
va-YE-tser le-am-NON le-hit-khal-LOT ba-a-VUR ta-MAR a-KHO-to KI ve-tu-LA HI va-yip-pa-LE be-e-NE am-NON la-a-SOT LAH me-u-MA
Exegesis
The infinitive la-ʿasôt {לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת | la-ʿa-śōt} ‘to do’ with the suffix lah {לָ֖הּ | lā-h} ‘to her’ and məʼūmāh {מְאֽוּמָה | mə-ʾū-māh} ‘anything’ completes the thought, restructuring the Hebrew VSO order into clear English SVO.
Root and etymology
b-t-l
“untouched, virgin”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:2
And Amnon was distressed to the point of making himself ill because of Tamar, his sister, for she was a virgin , and it was difficult in the eyes of Amnon to do anything to her.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:2:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 13:2, so the Hebrew word לָ֖הּ (lah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.13.2.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.2.W14.S1) and character.