לָ֔ח

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָ֔ח

   LAKH

   green or fresh
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עֵ֣ץ לָ֔ח

   ETS LAKH

   a tree green or fresh
3. clause🔊 וְֽיָדְע֞וּ כָּל־עֲצֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ הִשְׁפַּ֣לְתִּי עֵ֣ץ גָּבֹ֗הַ הִגְבַּ֙הְתִּי֙ עֵ֣ץ שָׁפָ֔ל הוֹבַ֙שְׁתִּי֙ עֵ֣ץ לָ֔ח וְהִפְרַ֖חְתִּי עֵ֣ץ יָבֵ֑שׁ

   ve-ya-de-U KAL-a-TSE ha-sa-DE KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH hish-pa-LTI ETS ga-VO-ha hig-ba-HTI ETS sha-FAL ho-va-SHTI ETS LAKH ve-hif-ra-KHTI ETS ya-VESH

   and they shall know all the trees of the field that I the LORD I bring low a tree high I make high a tree low I dry up a tree green or fresh and I make flourish a tree dry
4. sentence🔊 וְֽיָדְע֞וּ כָּל־עֲצֵ֣י הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ הִשְׁפַּ֣לְתִּי עֵ֣ץ גָּבֹ֗הַ הִגְבַּ֙הְתִּי֙ עֵ֣ץ שָׁפָ֔ל הוֹבַ֙שְׁתִּי֙ עֵ֣ץ לָ֔ח וְהִפְרַ֖חְתִּי עֵ֣ץ יָבֵ֑שׁ אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי וְעָשִֽׂיתִי׃

   ve-ya-de-U KAL-a-TSE ha-sa-DE KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH hish-pa-LTI ETS ga-VO-ha hig-ba-HTI ETS sha-FAL ho-va-SHTI ETS LAKH ve-hif-ra-KHTI ETS ya-VESH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH dib-bar-TI ve-a-si-TI

   and they shall know all the trees of the field that I the LORD I bring low a tree high I make high a tree low I dry up a tree green or fresh and I make flourish a tree dry I the LORD I have spoken and I will do {it}

Exegesis

A chiastic series of Hifil perfect verb–noun–adjective triads—hishpalti etz gavohah {הִשְׁפַּלְתִּי עֵץ גָּבֹהַ | hiš-pal-tî ʿêṣ gā-ḇō-ah}, higbahti etz shafal {הִגְבַּהְתִּי עֵץ שָׁפָל | hig-baḥ-tî ʿêṣ šā-p̄āl}, hovashti etz lach {הוֹבַשְׁתִּי עֵץ לָח | hô-ḇaš-tî ʿêṣ laḥ}, vehifr achti etz yavesh {וְהִפְרַחְתִּי עֵץ יָבֵשׁ | wə-hif-raḥ-tî ʿêṣ yā-wêš}—highlights divine reversals.

Root and etymology

l-ḥ🔊 ל־חlamed–het

“moist”

• 🔊 לֵיחָהlê-ḥāhmoisturePs 32:4