Judges 14:17:6Judg.14.17.W6TAB

לָהֶ֖ם

lahem

to them or for them

Transliteration
la-HEM
Extended
laa-HEHM
IPA
/laːˈhɛm/

Meaning by language

English
to them or for them

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Result
לָ + הֶ֖ם
la + hem
lahem

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    la-HEM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER-ha-YA la-HEM

  3. clause

    va-TEV-k a-LAV shiv-AT ha-ya-MIM a-SHER-ha-YA la-HEM ha-mish-TE

  4. sentence

    va-TEV-k a-LAV shiv-AT ha-ya-MIM a-SHER-ha-YA la-HEM ha-mish-TE va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-she-vi-I va-yag-GED-la KI he-tsi-KAT-he-hu va-tag-GED ha-khi-DA liv-NE a-MA

Exegesis

The construct chain shiv'at ha-yamim {שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים | šivʿat hayyāmîm} ‘seven days’ is specified by the relative clause asher-hayah lahem {אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה לָהֶם | ʾă-šer-hā-yāh lāhêm} ‘that was for them’, defining the feast’s duration.

In contextJudges 14:17

And she wept upon him for the seven days of the feast, and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him , and she told the riddle to the sons of her people.

About this coordinate

Judges 14:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Judges 14:17, so the Hebrew word לָהֶ֖ם (lahem) 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.14.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.14.17.W6.S1) and character.