לָ֜הּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָ֜הּ

   LAH

   for herself
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַתֵּלֶךְ֩ וַתֵּ֨שֶׁב לָ֜הּ

   va-te-LEKH va-TE-shev LAH

   {And} she went {And} she sat for herself
3. clause🔊 וַתֵּלֶךְ֩ וַתֵּ֨שֶׁב לָ֜הּ מִנֶּ֗גֶד הַרְחֵק֙ כִּמְטַחֲוֵ֣י קֶ֔שֶׁת כִּ֣י אֽ͏ָמְרָ֔ה אַל־אֶרְאֶ֖ה בְּמ֣וֹת הַיָּ֑לֶד

   va-te-LEKH va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led

   {And} she went {And} she sat for herself opposite far away like the range of a bow for she said let me not see the death of the child
4. sentence🔊 וַתֵּלֶךְ֩ וַתֵּ֨שֶׁב לָ֜הּ מִנֶּ֗גֶד הַרְחֵק֙ כִּמְטַחֲוֵ֣י קֶ֔שֶׁת כִּ֣י אֽ͏ָמְרָ֔ה אַל־אֶרְאֶ֖ה בְּמ֣וֹת הַיָּ֑לֶד וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב מִנֶּ֔גֶד וַתִּשָּׂ֥א אֶת־קֹלָ֖הּ וַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃

   va-te-LEKH va-TE-shev LAH min-NE-ged har-KHEK ki-me-ta-kha-VEI KE-shet KI am-RA al-er-E be-MOT ha-YA-led va-TE-shev min-NE-ged va-ti-SA et-ko-LAH vat-TEVK

   {And} she went {And} she sat for herself opposite far away like the range of a bow for she said let me not see the death of the child {And} she sat opposite {And} she lifted up her voice {And} she wept

Exegesis

The initial vateilekh {וַתֵּלֶךְ | wat-tê-leḵ} ‘and she went’ and vateishev {וַתֵּשֶׁב | wat-tê-šeḇ} ‘and she sat’ denote her movement away, while lah {לָהּ | lāh} ‘for herself’ highlights solitude.

Root and etymology

ʾ-l-h🔊 א־ל־הaleph–lamed–heh

“mighty one, deity”

• 🔊 אֵלElGodGenesis 14:18
• 🔊 אֱלוֹהַּeloahGodJob 3:4