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title: לָהֵן — on this account · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָהֵן (3860), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: on this account. BDB 1906: conj. on this account, therefore. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָהֵן

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«לָהֵן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **on this account** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 3860 · **BDB:** לָהֵן

### Glosses

therefore (2); \[belongs\].to.them (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

on this account [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3860/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

conj. on this account, therefore [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3860/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** conj. on this account, therefore, Ru 1:13(×2) (either from לְ and הֵן (v. sub הֵ֫מָּה); or the Aramaic לָהֵן Dn 2:6, 9; 4:24: see the Aramaic Lex.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָהֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3860/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.24/)

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אַ֣ךְ לֹא־בְ֭עִי יִשְׁלַח־יָ֑ד אִם־בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ לָהֶ֥ן שֽׁוּעַ׃

*Word for word:* surely not on a.heap.of.ruins anyone.stretches.out a.hand or in disaster his \[belongs\].to.them a.cry.for.help

*JPS 1917:* Surely none shall put forth his hand to a ruinous heap, neither because of these things shall help come in one's calamity,

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[Ruth 1:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.1.13/)

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הֲלָהֵ֣ן ׀ תְּשַׂבֵּ֗רְנָה עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִגְדָּ֔לוּ הֲלָהֵן֙ תֵּֽעָגֵ֔נָה לְבִלְתִּ֖י הֱי֣וֹת לְאִ֑ישׁ אַ֣ל בְּנֹתַ֗י כִּֽי־מַר־לִ֤י מְאֹד֙ מִכֶּ֔ם כִּֽי־יָצְאָ֥ה בִ֖י יַד־יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* ? therefore will.you.wait until that they.will.grow.up ? therefore will.you.shut.yourselves.off to not to.belong to a.husband no my.daughters my (dm) it.is.bitter to me very more than.you (dm) it.has.gone.forth on me the.hand of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye shut yourselves off for them and have no husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD is gone forth against me.'

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