Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #3860 - לָהֵן lahen (on this account)

Original Word:	לָהֵן
Transliteration:	lahen
Definition:	on this account, therefore
Part of Speech:	Conjunction
Phonetic Spelling:	(law-hane')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

for them by mistake for prepositional suffix

From the prepositional prefix meaning to or for and hen; popularly for if; hence, therefore -- for them (by mistake for prepositional suffix).

see HEBREW hen

Englishman's Concordance

1) therefore, on this account
Part of Speech: conjunction
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from the prepositional prefix meaning to or for and H2005
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1083

Brown-Driver-Briggs

לָהֵןconjunctionon this account, therefore, Ruth 1:13 (twice in verse) (either from לְ and הֵן (see below הֵ֫מָּה); or the Aramaic לָהֵןDaniel 2:6,9; Daniel 4:24: see the Aramaic Lexicon)

I. לָהֵןconjunctiontherefore (Biblical Hebrew לָהֵןRuth 1:13 (twice in verse), Aramaic of Têma להן CIS^{ii. 113}=Cooke¹⁹⁵), Daniel 2:6,9; Daniel 4:24 (Lambert^{RÉJ. 1904. 273} denies I. לָהֵן, taking Biblical Aramaic always as=רַק).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3860. לָהֵן (lahen) — 2 Occurrences

Ruth 1:13
HEB: הֲלָהֵ֣ן ׀ תְּשַׂבֵּ֗רְנָה עַ֚ד
NAS:would you therefore wait until
KJV: Would ye tarry for them till they were grown?
INT:therefore wait against

Ruth 1:13
HEB:אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִגְדָּ֔לוּ הֲלָהֵן֙ תֵּֽעָגֵ֔נָה לְבִלְתִּ֖י
NAS: they were grown? Would you therefore refrain
KJV: would ye stay for them from having husbands?
INT: after grown therefore refrain because

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