Daniel 4:16:8Dan.4.16.W8TABWLC Daniel 4:13
לֵ֑הּ
leh
“to him”
- Transliteration
- LEH
- Extended
- LEH
- IPA
- /ˈleː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to him
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
LEH
- phraseyour reading level
yit-ya-HIV LEH
- clause
le-vav-HEH min-a-NO-sha a-NA-sha ye-shan-NON u-le-VAV KHEI-va yit-ya-HIV LEH
- sentence
le-vav-HEH min-a-NO-sha a-NA-sha ye-shan-NON u-le-VAV KHEI-va yit-ya-HIV LEH ve-shiv-A i-da-NIN yakh-le-FUN a-lo-HI
Exegesis
The passive Ithpeel imperfect yityehiv {יִתְיְהִב | yityəhiv} “shall be given” portrays the new heart as imposed from outside, with leh {לֵהּ | lēh} “to him” marking the king as recipient of this divinely enforced transformation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-l-haleph–lamed–heh
“god, mighty one”
In context — Daniel 4:16
His heart shall be changed from that of a man, and the heart of a beast shall be given to him, and seven times shall pass over him.
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:16:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Daniel 4:16, so the Hebrew word לֵ֑הּ (leh) 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 Dan.4.16.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.16.W8.S1) and character.