Original Language Studio
Ruth 1:13
“Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3860 · Hebrew
- Definition
- popularly for if; hence, therefore
- Derivation
- from the prepositional prefix meaning to or for and H2005 (הֵן);
- KJV renderings
- for them (by mistake for prepositional suffix).
- Grammar
- הֲ — particle (interrogative)
- לָהֵ֣ן — conjunction
- Usage
- Occurs 3 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 30:24
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.
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.