לָהּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָהּ֙

   LAH

   to her
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הָ֤יָה לָהּ֙

   ha-YA LAH

   was to her
3. clause🔊 גָּא֨וֹן שִׂבְעַת־לֶ֜חֶם וְשַׁלְוַ֣ת הַשְׁקֵ֗ט הָ֤יָה לָהּ֙ וְלִבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְיַד־עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֖וֹן לֹ֥א הֶחֱזִֽיקָה׃

   ga-ON siv-AT-le-khem ve-shal-VAT ha-shi-KET ha-YA LAH ve-liv-no-TE-ha ve-YAD-a-NI ve-ev-YON LO he-khe-ZI-ka

   pride fullness of bread and quietness of ease was to her and to her daughters and the hand of the poor and needy not she strengthened or held {it}
4. sentence🔊 הִנֵּה־זֶ֣ה הָיָ֔ה עֲוֺ֖ן סְדֹ֣ם אֲחוֹתֵ֑ךְ גָּא֨וֹן שִׂבְעַת־לֶ֜חֶם וְשַׁלְוַ֣ת הַשְׁקֵ֗ט הָ֤יָה לָהּ֙ וְלִבְנוֹתֶ֔יהָ וְיַד־עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֖וֹן לֹ֥א הֶחֱזִֽיקָה׃

   hin-NE-ze ha-YA a-VON se-DOM a-kho-TEKH ga-ON siv-AT-le-khem ve-shal-VAT ha-shi-KET ha-YA LAH ve-liv-no-TE-ha ve-YAD-a-NI ve-ev-YON LO he-khe-ZI-ka

   behold, this was iniquity of Sodom your sister pride fullness of bread and quietness of ease was to her and to her daughters and the hand of the poor and needy not she strengthened or held {it}

Exegesis

The repeated hāyāh locates these conditions with lah {לָהּ | lah} ‘to her’ and välivnōtehā {וְלִבְנוֹתֶיהָ | vä-livnōtehā} ‘and to her daughters’.

Root and etymology

ḥ-m-l🔊 ח־מ־לchet–mem–lamed

“compassion, pity”

• 🔊 חָמַלchamilto have compassionLamentations 3:22