לָהּ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לָהּ֙

   LAH

   for her or to her
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יֹשֵׁ֥ב לָהּ֙

   yo-SHEV LAH

   was sitting for her or to her
3. clause🔊 וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב יֹשֵׁ֥ב לָהּ֙ בַּחֶ֔דֶר וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן

   ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV LAH ba-KHE-der va-to-MER e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON

   and the one lying in ambush was sitting for her or to her in the chamber and she said to him Philistines upon you Samson
4. sentence🔊 וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב יֹשֵׁ֥ב לָהּ֙ בַּחֶ֔דֶר וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיְנַתֵּק֙ אֶת־הַיְתָרִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִנָּתֵ֤ק פְּתִֽיל־הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ אֵ֔שׁ וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע כֹּחֽוֹ׃

   ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV LAH ba-KHE-der va-to-MER e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON va-ye-na-TEK et-ha-ye-ta-RIM ka-a-SHER yin-na-TEK pe-TIL-ha-ne-o-RET ba-ha-ri-KHO ESH ve-LO no-DA ko-KHO

   and the one lying in ambush was sitting for her or to her in the chamber and she said to him Philistines upon you Samson and he tore off or snapped the bowstrings as or when it is torn off or snapped a thread of the flax when it smells it or by its smelling fire and not was known his strength

Exegesis

The participle yoshev {יֹשֵׁ֥ב | yō-šēḇ} ‘sitting’ indicates continuous posture while lah {לָהּ֙ | lāh} marks a beneficiary relation and bachedar {בַּחֶ֔דֶר | ba-ḥé-der} ‘in the chamber’ establishes location.

Root and etymology

l-ḥ🔊 ל־חlamed–chet

“fresh, moist, not dried”

• 🔊 לֵיחָהlêiḥāmoistureJob 24:19