לָ֔הּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָ֔הּ

   LAH

   to her
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וָאֹמַ֣ר לָ֔הּ

   va-o-MAR LAH

   {And} I said to her
3. clause🔊 וַיְהִ֞י כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר הִתְע֣וּ אֹתִ֗י אֱלֹהִים֮ מִבֵּ֣ית אָבִי֒ וָאֹמַ֣ר לָ֔הּ זֶ֣ה חַסְדֵּ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשִׂ֖י עִמָּדִ֑י

   va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hit-U o-TI e-lo-HIM mi-BET a-VI va-o-MAR LAH ZE khas-DEKH a-SHER ta-a-SI im-ma-DI

   {And} it happened when God caused to wander me from the house of my father {And} I said to her this your kindness that you will do with me
4. sentence🔊 וַיְהִ֞י כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר הִתְע֣וּ אֹתִ֗י אֱלֹהִים֮ מִבֵּ֣ית אָבִי֒ וָאֹמַ֣ר לָ֔הּ זֶ֣ה חַסְדֵּ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשִׂ֖י עִמָּדִ֑י אֶ֤ל כָּל־הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָב֣וֹא שָׁ֔מָּה אִמְרִי־לִ֖י אָחִ֥י הֽוּא׃

   va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER hit-U o-TI e-lo-HIM mi-BET a-VI va-o-MAR LAH ZE khas-DEKH a-SHER ta-a-SI im-ma-DI EL kol-ha-ma-KOM a-SHER na-VO SHA-ma im-ri-LI a-KHI HU

   {And} it happened when God caused to wander me from the house of my father {And} I said to her this your kindness that you will do with me to every place which we come there say of me he my brother

Exegesis

The Hiphil perfect hitʿu {הִתְע֣וּ | hit-ʿû} ‘they caused to wander’ attributes divine agency to ʾĕlohim {אֱלֹהִים֮ | ʾĕ-lō-hîm} despite the plural form.

The distributive expression ʾel kol-hammāqôm ʾăšer nabōʾ šammāh {אֶ֤ל כָּל־הַמָּקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָב֣וֹא שָׁ֔מָּה | ʾel kol-ham-mā-qôm ʾă-šer nā-vōʾ šām-māh} extends the instruction to every future location.

Root and etymology

ʾ-l-h🔊 א־ל־הaleph–lamed–heh

“mighty one, God”

• 🔊 אֵלElGodGenesis 14:18