Judges 16:17:4Judg.16.17.W4TAB
לָהּ֙
la
“to her”
- Transliteration
- LA
- Extended
- LAA
- IPA
- /ˈlaː/
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
LA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yo-MER LA
- clause
va-yag-GED-la et-kol-lib-BO va-yo-MER LA mo-RA lo-a-LA al-ro-SHI ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM a-NI mi-BE-ten i-MI
- sentence
va-yag-GED-la et-kol-lib-BO va-yo-MER LA mo-RA lo-a-LA al-ro-SHI ki-ne-ZIR e-lo-HIM a-NI mi-BE-ten i-MI im-gul-LAKH-ti ve-SAR mi-ME-ni kho-KHI ve-kha-LI-ti ve-ha-YI-ti ke-khol-ha-a-DAM
Exegesis
The repetition of lāh {לָהּ֙ | lāh} “to her” underscores confidential disclosure.
Root and etymology
“god, deity”
In context — Judges 16:17
And he told her all his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I am a Nazirite of God from my mother’s womb; if I am shaved, then my strength would leave me, and I would become weak and be like any other man.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 16:17, so the Hebrew word לָהּ֙ (la) 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.16.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.17.W4.S1) and character.