Biblical Hebrew · Small Pieces Attached to the Front

לְ־

BH-006Biblical HebrewMasoretic Hebrew of Tanakh

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

לְמֶלֶךְ

Transliterationle-melekh

Plain meaningto a king / for a king

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

לְ־

לְ־ is one of Biblical Hebrew's most useful attached prepositions. It can express direction, recipient, purpose, possession-like relationships, or other functions naturally translated “to” or “for.” The actual sentence determines the best English rendering.

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לְמֶלֶךְ

ORIGINAL

BH-006

le-melekh

READING

Approved transliteration

to a king / for a king

MEANING

Biblical Hebrew

EXAMPLES

Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.

לְיִשְׂרָאֵל — to Israel · לַמֶּלֶךְ — to the king · לִי — to/for me

REMEMBER

לְ־

לְ־ often points toward a recipient, goal, or purpose.