Leviticus 15:28:4Lev.15.28.W4TAB
לָּ֛הּ
lah
“for herself”
- Transliteration
- LAH
- Extended
- LAAH
- IPA
- /ˈlaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- for herself
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
veh-saf-RAH LAH
- clause
veh-saf-RAH LAH shiv-AT ya-MIM veh-ah-KHAR tit-HAR
- sentence
veh-im-ta-ha-RAH miz-zoh-VAH veh-saf-RAH LAH shiv-AT ya-MIM veh-ah-KHAR tit-HAR
Exegesis
The apodosis opens with the vav-consecutive verb vesafrah {וְסָפְרָה | wə-śā-p̄ə-rāh} ‘and she shall count’ plus the dative lah {לָּהּ | lāh} ‘to her’, followed by the numeral construct shiv’at {שִׁבְעַת | ši-ḇaʿ-ṯ} ‘seven of’ and the noun yamim {יָמִים | yā-mîm} ‘days’ to establish the required period.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-lamed-heh
“to ascend, go up”
In context — Leviticus 15:28
But if she is cleansed from her discharge , then she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 15:28, so the Hebrew word לָּ֛הּ (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 Lev.15.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.28.W4.S1) and character.