Judges 14:16:17Judg.14.16.W17TAB
לָ֗הּ
lah
“to her”
- Transliteration
- LAH
- Extended
- LAAH
- IPA
- /ˈlaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- to her
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
LAH
- phraseyour reading level
va-YO-mer LAH
- clause
va-YO-mer LAH hi-NE le-a-VI u-le-i-MI LO hi-GAD-ti ve-LAKH a-GID
- sentence
va-TEV-kh E-shet shim-SHON a-LAV va-TO-mer rak-se-NE-ta-ni ve-LO a-hav-TA-ni ha-khi-DA KHAD-ta liv-NE a-MI ve-LI LO hi-GAD-ta va-YO-mer LAH hi-NE le-a-VI u-le-i-MI LO hi-GAD-ti ve-LAKH a-GID
Root and etymology
ʿ-g-layin–gimel–lamed
“heifer”
In context — Judges 14:16
Then the wife of Samson wept before him and said, "Surely you hate me and do not love me. You have posed the riddle to the sons of my people, but you have not told me." He replied, "Look, I have not even told it to my father or my mother, so why should I tell you?"
About this coordinate
Judges 14:16:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Judges 14:16, so the Hebrew word לָ֗הּ (lah) 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 Judg.14.16.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.16.W17.S1) and character.