See ל־ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "sem-pro",
"3": "*lV-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Semitic *lV-",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *lV-.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "לְ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לִ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לַ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לֶ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לָ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לֵ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לוֹ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "l'-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "li-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "la-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "le-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "lo-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"head": "לְ־, לִ־, לַ־, לֶ־, לָ־, לֵ־, לוֹ־",
"tr": "l'-, li-, la-, le-, la-, le-, lo-"
},
"expansion": "לְ־, לִ־, לַ־, לֶ־, לָ־, לֵ־, לוֹ־ • (l'-, li-, la-, le-, la-, le-, lo-)",
"name": "he-part"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "particle",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "סָגוֹר (sagór, “close”) → לִסְגּוֹר (lisgór, “to close”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To; the first part of a to-infinitive."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-particle-h3kb4DsX",
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lə/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/li/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/la/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/le/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
"word": "ל־"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shel'-",
"word": "שֶׁלְּ־"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shel",
"word": "שֶׁל"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "sem-pro",
"3": "*lV-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Semitic *lV-",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *lV-.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "לְ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ל־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לִ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לַ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לֶ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לָ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "l'-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "l-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "li-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "la-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "le-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "he-prep-inflection",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "לְ־",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "ל־",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "לִ־",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "לַ־",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "לֶ־",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "לָ־",
"roman": "l'-, l-, li-, la-, le-, la-",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "לִי",
"roman": "li",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "לָנוּ",
"roman": "lánu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "לְךָ",
"roman": "l'kha",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "לָךְ",
"roman": "lakh",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "לָכֶם",
"roman": "lakhém",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לָכֶן",
"roman": "lakhén",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לוֹ",
"roman": "lo",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לָהּ",
"roman": "la",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לָהֶם",
"roman": "lahém",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לָהֶן",
"roman": "lahén",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "he-prep-inflection",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "לְ־",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "ל־",
"roman": "l'-, l-",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "אליי",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "אֵלַי",
"roman": "eláy",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "אֵלֵינוּ",
"roman": "elénu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "אֵלֶיךָ",
"roman": "elékha",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "אלייך",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "אֵלַיִךְ",
"roman": "eláyikh",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "אֲלֵיכֶם",
"roman": "alekhém",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "אֲלֵיכֶן",
"roman": "alekhén",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "אֵלָיו",
"roman": "eláv",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "אֵלֶיהָ",
"roman": "eléha",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "אֲלֵיהֶם",
"roman": "alehém",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "אֲלֵיהֶן",
"roman": "alehén",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"head": "לְ־, ל־, לִ־, לַ־, לֶ־, לָ־",
"tr": "l'-, l-, li-, la-, le-, la-"
},
"expansion": "לְ־, ל־, לִ־, לַ־, לֶ־, לָ־ • (l'-, l-, li-, la-, le-, la-)",
"name": "he-prep"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1p": "לָנוּ (lánu)",
"1s": "לִי (li)",
"2fp": "לָכֶן (lakhén)",
"2fs": "לָךְ (lakh)",
"2mp": "לָכֶם (lakhém)",
"2ms": "לְךָ (l'kha)",
"3fp": "לָהֶן (lahén)",
"3fs": "לָהּ (la)",
"3mp": "לָהֶם (lahém)",
"3ms": "לוֹ (lo)",
"base": "לְ־, ל־, לִ־, לַ־, לֶ־, לָ־ (l'-, l-, li-, la-, le-, la-)",
"heading": "Original, usual forms"
},
"name": "he-prep-inflection"
},
{
"args": {
"1p": "אֵלֵינוּ (elénu)",
"1s": "אליי / אֵלַי (eláy)",
"2fp": "אֲלֵיכֶן (alekhén)¹",
"2fs": "אלייך / אֵלַיִךְ (eláyikh)",
"2mp": "אֲלֵיכֶם (alekhém)¹",
"2ms": "אֵלֶיךָ (elékha)",
"3fp": "אֲלֵיהֶן (alehén)¹",
"3fs": "אֵלֶיהָ (eléha)",
"3mp": "אֲלֵיהֶם (alehém)¹",
"3ms": "אֵלָיו (eláv)",
"base": "לְ־, ל־ (l'-, l-)",
"heading": "Forms borrowed from <i class=\"Hebr mention\" lang=\"he\">אל</i> (el)",
"notes": "# In Modern Hebrew, the second- and third-person plural forms are usually pronounced with leading /e/ rather than /a/."
},
"name": "he-prep-inflection"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "prep",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shel",
"word": "שֶׁל"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "el",
"word": "אֶל"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Last week I went to Jerusalem.",
"roman": "bashavúa she'avár nasá'ti lirushaláyim.",
"text": "בשבוע שעבר נסעתי לירושלים.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What time will we get to the city?",
"roman": "b'ézo sha'á nagía la'ír?",
"text": "באיזו שעה נגיע לעיר?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To; indicating a destination or end-point.",
"Indicating the destination of movement."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-D8BOiwhe",
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "There's a straight road from here to there.",
"roman": "yesh k'vísh yashár mipó l'shám.",
"text": "יש כביש ישר מפה לשם.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "They won't call between six and eight.",
"roman": "lo y'tsalts'lú ben shésh lish'móne.",
"text": "לא יצלצלו בין שש לשמונה.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To; indicating a destination or end-point.",
"Indicating the second end-point of a range or interval."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-cVfK6RGj",
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I gave her a gift.",
"roman": "natáti la mataná.",
"text": "נתתי לה מתנה.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, for; corresponding to an English indirect object or a Latin dative.",
"Indicating the recipient of a transfer."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-dLON4zVF",
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"for",
"for"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "They told us what happened.",
"roman": "amrú lánu ma kará.",
"text": "אמרו לנו מה קרה.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, for; corresponding to an English indirect object or a Latin dative.",
"Indicating the addressee of an utterance."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-Fh63Qv9H",
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"for",
"for"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Could you open the door for me?",
"roman": "tiftákh li b'vakashá ét hadélet?",
"text": "תפתח לי בבקשה את הדלת?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, for; corresponding to an English indirect object or a Latin dative.",
"Indicating the beneficiary of an action."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-oEezrU8J",
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"for",
"for"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "What are we/you/they doing to the food?",
"roman": "má osím la'ókhel?",
"text": "מה עושים לאוכל?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, for; corresponding to an English indirect object or a Latin dative.",
"Indicating the person or thing affected by an action."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-8rHdVgiZ",
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"for",
"for"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 3 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 16 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 9 4 3 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 2 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 16 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 10 4 3 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 5 4 5 6 5 4 18 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 10 4 3 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew clitics",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 6 5 5 5 5 5 16 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 10 4 3 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 6 5 5 6 5 5 16 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 10 4 3 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant target parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 5 4 5 6 5 4 18 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 10 4 3 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew particles",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 4 4 8 8 8 8 12 3 4 6 3 4 4 4 7 4 3 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Hebrew prepositions",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "We're walking down [literally walking us in] the street.",
"roman": "anákhnu hol'khím lánu barekhóv.",
"text": "אנחנו הולכים לנו ברחוב.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, for; corresponding to an English indirect object or a Latin dative.",
"Introducing an ethical dative, especially after a verb of motion."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-rMC5itsa",
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"for",
"for"
],
[
"ethical dative",
"ethical dative#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "They had [literally To them was] a problem.",
"roman": "haytá lahém b'ayá.",
"text": "היתה להם בעייה.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of; indicating a possessor.",
"Used with a form of הָיָה (hayá)."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-ZaRqSHWD",
"links": [
[
"Of",
"of"
],
[
"הָיָה",
"היה#Hebrew"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The doctor has [literally To the doctor there are] blue eyes.",
"roman": "larof'á yésh enáyim k'khulót.",
"text": "לרופאה יש עינים כחולות.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Don't you have [literally Isn't there to you] money?",
"roman": "en l'khá/lákh késef?",
"text": "אין לך כסף?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of; indicating a possessor.",
"Used with יֵשׁ (yesh) or (for non-possession) אֵין (en)."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-XHFJ~KgH",
"links": [
[
"Of",
"of"
],
[
"יֵשׁ",
"יש#Hebrew"
],
[
"אֵין",
"אין#Hebrew"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.",
"ref": "Tanach, Song of Songs [[s:he:T3006#ו_ג|6:3]], with translation of the King James Version:",
"roman": "aní l'dodí v'dodí li haro'é bashoshaním.",
"text": "אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי לִי הָרֹעֶה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּים׃",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of; indicating a possessor.",
"Used as a bare predicate, with no copula."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-BElKclYl",
"links": [
[
"Of",
"of"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Of; indicating a possessor.",
"(now rare) Used as a bare predicate, with no copula."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "He is sitting on my hat [literally to me on the hat].",
"roman": "hu yoshév li al hakóva.",
"text": "הוא יושב לי על הכובע.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "She touched him on the elbow.",
"roman": "hi nag'á lo bamarpék.",
"text": "היא נגעה לו במרפק.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of; indicating a possessor.",
"Used with another verb, indicating the possessor of another object of the verb."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-KdtjT-q~",
"links": [
[
"Of",
"of"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "What caused this? [literally What caused to this?]",
"roman": "má garám l'zé?",
"text": "מה גרם לזה?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, into; indicating a result."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-UBjI7r-Z",
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"into",
"into"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The sofa turns into a bed.",
"roman": "hasapá hofékhet l'mitá.",
"text": "הספה הופכת למיטה.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, into; indicating a result.",
"Indicating the result of a transformation."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-2YhCntT0",
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"into",
"into"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "In my opinion, there's no choice.",
"roman": "l'da'atí, en b'rerá.",
"text": "לדעתי, אין ברירה.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "He said that [literally To his words] the event ended at midnight.",
"roman": "lid'varáv, ha'erúa nigmár b'khatsót.",
"text": "לדבריו, האירוע נגמר בחצות.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"For, according to, in the opinion of; indicating the holder of a viewpoint, or the source of a claim."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-HGJlgH2R",
"links": [
[
"For",
"for"
],
[
"according to",
"according to"
],
[
"opinion",
"opinion"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I think [literally It seems to me] that it's too high.",
"roman": "nir'á li shegavóa miday.",
"text": "נראה לי שגבוה מדי.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Are you cold? [literally Cold to you?]",
"roman": "kár lakhém?",
"text": "קר לכם?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "They don't deserve it. [literally Not arrives to them.]",
"roman": "ló magía lahém.",
"text": "לא מגיע להם.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Indicating the theme of an impersonal verb or other impersonal predicate."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-3hU22X4X",
"links": [
[
"theme",
"theme#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "north of",
"roman": "tsafóna l'-",
"text": "צפונה ל־",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "under, underneath [literally from bottom to]",
"roman": "mitákhat l'-",
"text": "מתחת ל־",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "abroad [literally outside to the land]",
"roman": "khúts la'árets",
"text": "חוץ לארץ",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of; indicating the reference-point relative to which a direction may be specified."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-C3Aw1Jwg",
"links": [
[
"Of",
"of"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a quarter to ten",
"roman": "réva l'éser",
"text": "רבע ל־10",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "ten to five",
"roman": "asará l'chamésh",
"text": "עשרה לחמש",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of, to, before: indicating the hour before which a number of minutes or fraction of an hour is specified."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-Sv5ekPny",
"links": [
[
"Of",
"of"
],
[
"to",
"to"
],
[
"before",
"before"
],
[
"hour",
"hour#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a quarter [of a year] less than ten [years]",
"roman": "réva l'éser",
"text": "רבע ל־10",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Before: indicating the number of years before which a fraction of a year is specified."
],
"id": "en-ל־-he-prep-TYk2nNWh",
"links": [
[
"Before",
"before"
],
[
"number",
"number#English"
],
[
"year",
"year#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension, slang) Before: indicating the number of years before which a fraction of a year is specified."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lə/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/li/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/la/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/le/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
"word": "ל־"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew clitics",
"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
"Hebrew particles",
"Hebrew prepositions",
"Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
"Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "sem-pro",
"3": "*lV-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Semitic *lV-",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *lV-.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "לְ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לִ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לַ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לֶ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לָ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לֵ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לוֹ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "l'-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "li-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "la-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "le-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "lo-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"head": "לְ־, לִ־, לַ־, לֶ־, לָ־, לֵ־, לוֹ־",
"tr": "l'-, li-, la-, le-, la-, le-, lo-"
},
"expansion": "לְ־, לִ־, לַ־, לֶ־, לָ־, לֵ־, לוֹ־ • (l'-, li-, la-, le-, la-, le-, lo-)",
"name": "he-part"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "particle",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "סָגוֹר (sagór, “close”) → לִסְגּוֹר (lisgór, “to close”)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To; the first part of a to-infinitive."
],
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lə/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/li/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/la/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/le/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
"word": "ל־"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew clitics",
"Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
"Hebrew lemmas",
"Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
"Hebrew particles",
"Hebrew prepositions",
"Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic",
"Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "shel'-",
"word": "שֶׁלְּ־"
},
{
"roman": "shel",
"word": "שֶׁל"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "sem-pro",
"3": "*lV-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Semitic *lV-",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Semitic *lV-.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "לְ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "ל־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לִ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לַ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לֶ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "לָ־",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "l'-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "l-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "li-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "la-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "le-",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "he-prep-inflection",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "לְ־",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "ל־",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "לִ־",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "לַ־",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "לֶ־",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "לָ־",
"roman": "l'-, l-, li-, la-, le-, la-",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "לִי",
"roman": "li",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "לָנוּ",
"roman": "lánu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "לְךָ",
"roman": "l'kha",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "לָךְ",
"roman": "lakh",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "לָכֶם",
"roman": "lakhém",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לָכֶן",
"roman": "lakhén",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לוֹ",
"roman": "lo",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לָהּ",
"roman": "la",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לָהֶם",
"roman": "lahém",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "לָהֶן",
"roman": "lahén",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "he-prep-inflection",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "לְ־",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "ל־",
"roman": "l'-, l-",
"source": "inflection"
},
{
"form": "אליי",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "אֵלַי",
"roman": "eláy",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "אֵלֵינוּ",
"roman": "elénu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"first-person",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "אֵלֶיךָ",
"roman": "elékha",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "אלייך",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "אֵלַיִךְ",
"roman": "eláyikh",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "אֲלֵיכֶם",
"roman": "alekhém",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "אֲלֵיכֶן",
"roman": "alekhén",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "אֵלָיו",
"roman": "eláv",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "אֵלֶיהָ",
"roman": "eléha",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "אֲלֵיהֶם",
"roman": "alehém",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "אֲלֵיהֶן",
"roman": "alehén",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"head": "לְ־, ל־, לִ־, לַ־, לֶ־, לָ־",
"tr": "l'-, l-, li-, la-, le-, la-"
},
"expansion": "לְ־, ל־, לִ־, לַ־, לֶ־, לָ־ • (l'-, l-, li-, la-, le-, la-)",
"name": "he-prep"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1p": "לָנוּ (lánu)",
"1s": "לִי (li)",
"2fp": "לָכֶן (lakhén)",
"2fs": "לָךְ (lakh)",
"2mp": "לָכֶם (lakhém)",
"2ms": "לְךָ (l'kha)",
"3fp": "לָהֶן (lahén)",
"3fs": "לָהּ (la)",
"3mp": "לָהֶם (lahém)",
"3ms": "לוֹ (lo)",
"base": "לְ־, ל־, לִ־, לַ־, לֶ־, לָ־ (l'-, l-, li-, la-, le-, la-)",
"heading": "Original, usual forms"
},
"name": "he-prep-inflection"
},
{
"args": {
"1p": "אֵלֵינוּ (elénu)",
"1s": "אליי / אֵלַי (eláy)",
"2fp": "אֲלֵיכֶן (alekhén)¹",
"2fs": "אלייך / אֵלַיִךְ (eláyikh)",
"2mp": "אֲלֵיכֶם (alekhém)¹",
"2ms": "אֵלֶיךָ (elékha)",
"3fp": "אֲלֵיהֶן (alehén)¹",
"3fs": "אֵלֶיהָ (eléha)",
"3mp": "אֲלֵיהֶם (alehém)¹",
"3ms": "אֵלָיו (eláv)",
"base": "לְ־, ל־ (l'-, l-)",
"heading": "Forms borrowed from <i class=\"Hebr mention\" lang=\"he\">אל</i> (el)",
"notes": "# In Modern Hebrew, the second- and third-person plural forms are usually pronounced with leading /e/ rather than /a/."
},
"name": "he-prep-inflection"
}
],
"lang": "Hebrew",
"lang_code": "he",
"pos": "prep",
"related": [
{
"roman": "shel",
"word": "שֶׁל"
},
{
"roman": "el",
"word": "אֶל"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Last week I went to Jerusalem.",
"roman": "bashavúa she'avár nasá'ti lirushaláyim.",
"text": "בשבוע שעבר נסעתי לירושלים.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "What time will we get to the city?",
"roman": "b'ézo sha'á nagía la'ír?",
"text": "באיזו שעה נגיע לעיר?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To; indicating a destination or end-point.",
"Indicating the destination of movement."
],
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "There's a straight road from here to there.",
"roman": "yesh k'vísh yashár mipó l'shám.",
"text": "יש כביש ישר מפה לשם.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "They won't call between six and eight.",
"roman": "lo y'tsalts'lú ben shésh lish'móne.",
"text": "לא יצלצלו בין שש לשמונה.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To; indicating a destination or end-point.",
"Indicating the second end-point of a range or interval."
],
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I gave her a gift.",
"roman": "natáti la mataná.",
"text": "נתתי לה מתנה.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, for; corresponding to an English indirect object or a Latin dative.",
"Indicating the recipient of a transfer."
],
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"for",
"for"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "They told us what happened.",
"roman": "amrú lánu ma kará.",
"text": "אמרו לנו מה קרה.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, for; corresponding to an English indirect object or a Latin dative.",
"Indicating the addressee of an utterance."
],
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"for",
"for"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Could you open the door for me?",
"roman": "tiftákh li b'vakashá ét hadélet?",
"text": "תפתח לי בבקשה את הדלת?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, for; corresponding to an English indirect object or a Latin dative.",
"Indicating the beneficiary of an action."
],
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"for",
"for"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "What are we/you/they doing to the food?",
"roman": "má osím la'ókhel?",
"text": "מה עושים לאוכל?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, for; corresponding to an English indirect object or a Latin dative.",
"Indicating the person or thing affected by an action."
],
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"for",
"for"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "We're walking down [literally walking us in] the street.",
"roman": "anákhnu hol'khím lánu barekhóv.",
"text": "אנחנו הולכים לנו ברחוב.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, for; corresponding to an English indirect object or a Latin dative.",
"Introducing an ethical dative, especially after a verb of motion."
],
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"for",
"for"
],
[
"ethical dative",
"ethical dative#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "They had [literally To them was] a problem.",
"roman": "haytá lahém b'ayá.",
"text": "היתה להם בעייה.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of; indicating a possessor.",
"Used with a form of הָיָה (hayá)."
],
"links": [
[
"Of",
"of"
],
[
"הָיָה",
"היה#Hebrew"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The doctor has [literally To the doctor there are] blue eyes.",
"roman": "larof'á yésh enáyim k'khulót.",
"text": "לרופאה יש עינים כחולות.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Don't you have [literally Isn't there to you] money?",
"roman": "en l'khá/lákh késef?",
"text": "אין לך כסף?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of; indicating a possessor.",
"Used with יֵשׁ (yesh) or (for non-possession) אֵין (en)."
],
"links": [
[
"Of",
"of"
],
[
"יֵשׁ",
"יש#Hebrew"
],
[
"אֵין",
"אין#Hebrew"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with quotations",
"Hebrew terms with rare senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.",
"ref": "Tanach, Song of Songs [[s:he:T3006#ו_ג|6:3]], with translation of the King James Version:",
"roman": "aní l'dodí v'dodí li haro'é bashoshaním.",
"text": "אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי לִי הָרֹעֶה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּים׃",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of; indicating a possessor.",
"Used as a bare predicate, with no copula."
],
"links": [
[
"Of",
"of"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Of; indicating a possessor.",
"(now rare) Used as a bare predicate, with no copula."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "He is sitting on my hat [literally to me on the hat].",
"roman": "hu yoshév li al hakóva.",
"text": "הוא יושב לי על הכובע.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "She touched him on the elbow.",
"roman": "hi nag'á lo bamarpék.",
"text": "היא נגעה לו במרפק.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of; indicating a possessor.",
"Used with another verb, indicating the possessor of another object of the verb."
],
"links": [
[
"Of",
"of"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "What caused this? [literally What caused to this?]",
"roman": "má garám l'zé?",
"text": "מה גרם לזה?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, into; indicating a result."
],
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"into",
"into"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The sofa turns into a bed.",
"roman": "hasapá hofékhet l'mitá.",
"text": "הספה הופכת למיטה.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To, into; indicating a result.",
"Indicating the result of a transformation."
],
"links": [
[
"To",
"to"
],
[
"into",
"into"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "In my opinion, there's no choice.",
"roman": "l'da'atí, en b'rerá.",
"text": "לדעתי, אין ברירה.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "He said that [literally To his words] the event ended at midnight.",
"roman": "lid'varáv, ha'erúa nigmár b'khatsót.",
"text": "לדבריו, האירוע נגמר בחצות.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"For, according to, in the opinion of; indicating the holder of a viewpoint, or the source of a claim."
],
"links": [
[
"For",
"for"
],
[
"according to",
"according to"
],
[
"opinion",
"opinion"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I think [literally It seems to me] that it's too high.",
"roman": "nir'á li shegavóa miday.",
"text": "נראה לי שגבוה מדי.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Are you cold? [literally Cold to you?]",
"roman": "kár lakhém?",
"text": "קר לכם?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "They don't deserve it. [literally Not arrives to them.]",
"roman": "ló magía lahém.",
"text": "לא מגיע להם.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Indicating the theme of an impersonal verb or other impersonal predicate."
],
"links": [
[
"theme",
"theme#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "north of",
"roman": "tsafóna l'-",
"text": "צפונה ל־",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "under, underneath [literally from bottom to]",
"roman": "mitákhat l'-",
"text": "מתחת ל־",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "abroad [literally outside to the land]",
"roman": "khúts la'árets",
"text": "חוץ לארץ",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of; indicating the reference-point relative to which a direction may be specified."
],
"links": [
[
"Of",
"of"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a quarter to ten",
"roman": "réva l'éser",
"text": "רבע ל־10",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "ten to five",
"roman": "asará l'chamésh",
"text": "עשרה לחמש",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of, to, before: indicating the hour before which a number of minutes or fraction of an hour is specified."
],
"links": [
[
"Of",
"of"
],
[
"to",
"to"
],
[
"before",
"before"
],
[
"hour",
"hour#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Hebrew slang",
"Hebrew terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a quarter [of a year] less than ten [years]",
"roman": "réva l'éser",
"text": "רבע ל־10",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Before: indicating the number of years before which a fraction of a year is specified."
],
"links": [
[
"Before",
"before"
],
[
"number",
"number#English"
],
[
"year",
"year#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension, slang) Before: indicating the number of years before which a fraction of a year is specified."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lə/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/li/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/la/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/le/",
"tags": [
"Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
]
}
],
"word": "ל־"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ל־ meaning in Hebrew (16.5kB)
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