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Ezra 5:12

“But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

לָהֵןlâhên · law-hane'
H3861 · Aramaic
Definition
therefore; also except
Derivation
(Aramaic) corresponding to H3860 (לָהֵן);
KJV renderings
but, except, save, therefore, wherefore.
Grammar
  • לָהֵ֗ן — conjunction
Code AC
Usage
Occurs 8 times in the Hebrew Bible.Daniel 2:11Daniel 2:30Daniel 3:28Daniel 4:24Daniel 6:6

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לָהֵן here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.