Leviticus 21:3:8Lev.21.3.W8TAB
לָ֖הּ
lah
“for her”
- Transliteration
- LAH
- Extended
- LAAH
- IPA
- /ˈlaːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- for 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
- clause
LAH yi-ta-MAA
- sentence
veh-lah-ah-KHOH-toh ha-be-tu-LAH ha-ke-ro-VAH e-LAV a-SHER lo-ha-ye-TAH le-ISH LAH yi-ta-MAA
Exegesis
The clause-initial preposition lā-ḥ {לָהּ | lā-ḥ} ‘for her’ foregrounds the family relationship and highlights the conditional allowance for ritual impurity. English rendering preserves legal structure while maintaining natural flow and emphasis on kinship and purity.
Root and etymology
b-t-lbet-tav-lamed
“virgin, untouched”
In context — Leviticus 21:3
And for his sister, the virgin who has not been to a man and is closely related to him, he shall make himself unclean for her.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 21:3, so the Hebrew word לָ֖הּ (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.21.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.3.W8.S1) and character.