לה

See also: ־לה

Aramaic

Preposition

לֵהּ • (transliteration needed)

Form of ל־ including third-person masculine singular personal pronoun as object
- אונקלוס, בקדמין לא מז
  וּקְרָא לֵהּ לָבָן יְגַר שַׂהֲדוּתָא וְיַעֲקֹב קְרָא לֵהּ גַּלְעֵד׃

Hebrew

Etymology 1

From ל־ (l'-) +‎ ־ה (-ah).

Pronunciation

(reconstructed Biblical) IPA^(key): /lɑh/
(Modern Israeli) IPA^(key): /la/

Preposition

לָהּ • (lah)

Form of ל־ (l'-) including third-person feminine singular personal pronoun as object.
- יוני בלוך, שיר אחר
  יושב ומנגן לה שיר אחר

Etymology 2

From la in European languages, such as English.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la/

Proper noun

לָה • (la) m

La, lah; a syllable representing the sixth note of a major scale.

Judeo-Italian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Classical Latin illa, feminine of ille (“that”).

Article

לה (/la/) f sg (plural לי (/⁠li⁠/), masculine לו (/⁠lu/ or /lo⁠/))

the (feminine singular)
- 16^th century, “בראשית [Genesis]”, in [untitled work]‎^[1] (manuscript), translation of תּוֹרָה [tōrɔ̂, Torah] (in Biblical Hebrew), chapter 1, verse 4, Bodleian Library MS. Canonici Or. 10:
  אֵי וִידֵי אִידִיאוֹ לָה לוּצֵ קֵי אֵירָה בוֹנָה אֵי סֵיפָארוֹ אִידִיאוֹ פְרָה לָה לוּצֵי אֵי פְרָה לָה אוֹסְקוּרִיטָה׃
  ʔē wīḏē ʔīḏīʔō lɔ̂ lūṣe qē ʔērɔ̂ ḇōnɔ̂ ʔē sēp̄ɔʔrō ʔīḏīʔō p̄ərɔ̂ lɔ̂ lūṣē ʔē p̄ərɔ̂ lɔ̂ ʔōsəqūrīṭɔ̂.
  /E vide Iddio la luce, che era bona; e separò Iddio fra la luce e fra la oscurità./
  And he [God] saw the light, [and] that it was good; and God separated between the light and the darkness.
- 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎^[2] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʾīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), archived from the original on 15 May 2024, chapter 8, verse 3, leaf 3, right page, lines 4–7:
  אֵי סֵירַה שֵילְטוֹ מוֹרְטַה פְלוּ קֵי וִיטַה אַה טוּטַה לַה רֵימַאנְיֵינְצִיאַה קֵי סוּנוֹ רֵימַאסִי דֵי לַה סְקֵילַאטַה רִיאַה קוּוֵיסְטַה אִין טוּטִי לִי לוֹקֵירִי קֵי סוּנוֹ רֵימַאסִי קֵי סְפֵינְטִי אַייוֹ אֵיסִי לַה דִיטוֹ דֵי דוּמֵידֵית דֵי צְבַאוֹת׃ (Judeo-Roman)
  ʔē sērâ šēləṭō mōrəṭâ p̄əlū qē wīṭâ ʔâ ṭūṭâ lâ rēmaʔnəyēnəṣīʔâ qē sūnō rēmaʔsī ḏē lâ səqēlaʔṭâ rīʔâ qūwēsəṭâ ʔīn ṭūṭī lī lōqērī qē sūnō rēmaʔsī qē səp̄ēnəṭī ʔayyō ʔēsī lâ ḏīṭō ḏē ḏūmēḏēṯ ḏē ṣəḇaʔōṯ.
  /"E serà scelto morta plu che vita a tutta la remagnenzia che suno remasi de la schelatta ria questa, in tutti li lucheri che suno remasi, che spinti ajjo essi là", ditto de Dumeddeo de ṣəbāʾōṯ./
  "And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that has remained of this evil family, in all the places they remain [in], to which I have driven them", [was the] word of the Lord of Sabaoth.
  (literally, “"And it will be chosen death more than life by all the remainder that have remained of the evil family this, in all the places that they have remained, that I pushed I have them there", word of the Lord of Sabaoth.”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Classical Latin illāc (“that way, there”), ellipsis of illāc viā (literally “that way”). Compare Italian là.

Adverb

לה (/là/)

there
- 16^th century [750–450 BCE], “לוּ לִיבֵירוֹ דֵי יִרְמִיַהוּ [Lu libero de Jirmiau, The Book of Jeremiah]”, in נְבִיאִים [Neviim, Prophets]‎^[3] (manuscript), translation of נְבִיאִים [Nəvīʾīm, Prophets] (in Biblical Hebrew), archived from the original on 15 May 2024, chapter 8, verse 3, leaf 3, right page, lines 4–7:
  אֵי סֵירַה שֵילְטוֹ מוֹרְטַה פְלוּ קֵי וִיטַה אַה טוּטַה לַה רֵימַאנְיֵינְצִיאַה קֵי סוּנוֹ רֵימַאסִי דֵי לַה סְקֵילַאטַה רִיאַה קוּוֵיסְטַה אִין טוּטִי לִי לוֹקֵירִי קֵי סוּנוֹ רֵימַאסִי קֵי סְפֵינְטִי אַייוֹ אֵיסִי לַה דִיטוֹ דֵי דוּמֵידֵית דֵי צְבַאוֹת׃ (Judeo-Roman)
  ʔē sērâ šēləṭō mōrəṭâ p̄əlū qē wīṭâ ʔâ ṭūṭâ lâ rēmaʔnəyēnəṣīʔâ qē sūnō rēmaʔsī ḏē lâ səqēlaʔṭâ rīʔâ qūwēsəṭâ ʔīn ṭūṭī lī lōqērī qē sūnō rēmaʔsī qē səp̄ēnəṭī ʔayyō ʔēsī lâ ḏīṭō ḏē ḏūmēḏēṯ ḏē ṣəḇaʔōṯ.
  /"E serà scelto morta plu che vita a tutta la remagnenzia che suno remasi de la schelatta ria questa, in tutti li lucheri che suno remasi, che spinti ajjo essi là", ditto de Dumeddeo de ṣəbāʾōṯ./
  "And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that has remained of this evil family, in all the places they remain [in], to which I have driven them", [was the] word of the Lord of Sabaoth.
  (literally, “"And it will be chosen death more than life by all the remainder that have remained of the evil family this, in all the places that they have remained, that I pushed I have them there", word of the Lord of Sabaoth.”)

Ladino

Article

לה (Latin spelling la, plural לאס, masculine איל)

the (feminine singular)
- 1920 January 13, “פאס אין טודוס לוס קונטינטיס סאלב"ו אין איל די לה אמיריקה”, in La epoca de New York:
  לה פאז קי אירה אונה סולומברה, לה קי [...] לוס פואיב״לאס די לה טיירה איסטאב״אן פירסוגיינדו, איס אאורה אונה ריאלידאד
  La paz ke era una solombra, la ke [...] los puevlos de la tera estavan persugendo, es aora una realidad
  The peace that was a dream, the [one] that [...] the peoples of the earth were pursuing, is now a reality