2 Samuel 21:4:52 Sam.21.4.W5TAB
לָ֜נוּ
lanu
“for us”
- Transliteration
- LA-nu
- Extended
- LAA-noo
- IPA
- /ˈlaː.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- for us
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
LA-nu
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EN-LI LA-nu
- clause
va-yo-ME-ru LO ha-giv-o-NIM EN-LI LA-nu KE-sef ve-za-HAV im-sha-UL ve-im-BE-to ve-EN-LA-nu ISH le-ha-MIT be-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-ME-ru LO ha-giv-o-NIM EN-LI LA-nu KE-sef ve-za-HAV im-sha-UL ve-im-BE-to ve-EN-LA-nu ISH le-ha-MIT be-yis-ra-EL va-yo-MER MA-a-TEM o-me-RIM e-e-SE LA-khem
Exegesis
Two parallel existential clauses ein-lanu {אֵֽין־לָ֜נוּ | ʾēn-lā-nû} ‘there is not for us’ joined by conjunctions express absolute negation regarding kesef {כֶּ֤סֶף | ke-sep̄} ‘silver’ and zahav {זָהָב֙ | zā-hāv} ‘gold’.
The coordinated prepositional phrases im-shaul ve-im-beito {עִם־שָׁא֣וּל וְעִם־בֵּית֔וֹ | ʿim-šāʼûl wə-ʿim-bētô} specify the source, while ve-ein-lanu ish lehamit {וְאֵֽין־לָ֥נוּ אִ֖ישׁ לְהָמִ֣ית | wə-ʾēn-lā-nû īš le-hā-mîṯ} negates personal vengeance.
Root and etymology
Rootkaph–lamed–lamed
“to complete or destroy”
In context — 2 Samuel 21:4
And the Gibeonites said to him, “We have no silver or gold with Saul or with his house, nor do we have any man to kill in Israel.” And he said, “Say what you require, and I will do it for you.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:4:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 21:4, so the Hebrew word לָ֜נוּ (lanu) 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.21.4.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.4.W5.S1) and character.