לָהֵןlâhên
הֵ֫מָּה: they, In usage not different in genl.
Pronunciation: law-hane' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3861
Meanings
from הוּא, הִיא (which see, under the corresponding headings, for fuller explanations), thus
1.
a. them (Genesis 6:4; Exodus 5:7; Numbers 31:16)
c. themselves (Exodus 18:22; Exodus 18:26; Jeremiah 15:19)
2. loathesome (Job 6:7)
3.
a. they (Genesis 3:7; Exodus 5:8; Exodus 14:3)
4.
a. they (Proverbs 30:24; Proverbs 30:29; Proverbs 30:15)
b. literally (Genesis 21:29; Zechariah 1:9; Zechariah 4:5)
6.
a. In a neuter sense (Job 6:7; Jeremiah 7:4; Leviticus 5:22)
7. With article (Genesis 6:4; Exodus 2:11; Numbers 14:38)
8. With prepositions
b. the like of themselves (2 Samuel 24:3; 1 Chronicles 21:3; Deuteronomy 1:11)
d. therefore (Genesis 19:29; Genesis 30:26; Genesis 30:37)
לָהֵן: on this account, therefore (Ruth 1:13; Daniel 2:6; Daniel 2:9; Daniel 4:24)
הֵן: if, whether
1. if (Daniel 2:6; Daniel 3:15; Daniel 3:17)
2. whether … or, repeated (Ezra 7:26)
3. whether, in indirect question (Ezra 5:17)
לָהֵן: therefore (Ruth 1:13; Daniel 2:6; Daniel 2:9; Daniel 4:24)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 5:12 But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he abandoned them to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who destroyed this Temple and exiled the people to Babylonia.
- Daniel 2:11 The king’s demand is impossible. No one except the gods can tell you your dream, and they do not live here among people.”
- Daniel 2:30 And it is not because I am wiser than anyone else that I know the secret of your dream, but because God wants you to understand what was in your heart.
- Daniel 3:28 Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! He sent his angel to rescue his servants who trusted in him. They defied the king’s command and were willing to die rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
- Daniel 6:5 So they concluded, “Our only chance of finding grounds for accusing Daniel will be in connection with the rules of his religion.”
- Daniel 6:7 We are all in agreement—we administrators, officials, high officers, advisers, and governors—that the king should make a law that will be strictly enforced. Give orders that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).