Word Study · Strong's H3860 · Hebrew
לָהֵן
lahen
law-hane'
Strong's 1890 spelling: lâhên
“popularly for if”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
popularly for if; hence, therefore
Rendered in the KJV as
for them (by mistake for prepositional suffix).
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- הֲלָהֵן֙1
- הֲלָהֵ֣ן׀1
How it is rendered · 1
- ¿ therefore2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- question particle + conjunction (“and”)2
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- HTi/C · 2
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Ruth2 occurrences
- Ruth 1:13הֲלָהֵ֣ן׀halahenquestion particle + conjunction (“and”)would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”here: ¿ therefore
- Ruth 1:13הֲלָהֵן֙halahenquestion particle + conjunction (“and”)would you wait for them to grow up? Would you refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”here: ¿ therefore
Same headword in Strong's