Haya lo lezara (היה לו לזרא) means be loathsome unto him in Hebrew.
It is a verb, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
הָיָה לוֹ לְזָרָא
haya lo lezara
verb
In English
be loathsome unto him
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Haya lo lezara.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1נמאס לו, קצה נפשו.
עַד חֹדֶשׁ יָמִים עַד אֲשֶׁר יֵצֵא מֵאַפְּכֶם וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְזָרָא יַעַן כִּי מְאַסְתֶּם אֶת יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבְּכֶם וַתִּבְכּוּ לְפָנָיו לֵאמֹר לָמָּה זֶּה יָצָאנוּ מִמִּצְרָיִם
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Haya lo lezara is a verb.
- Written with vowel points
- הָיָה לוֹ לְזָרָא
- Written without vowel points
- היה לו לזרא
- Said
- haya lo lezara
- Gematria
- 294
This is how Haya lo lezara is said in other languages.
- English
- be loathsome unto him
These words come before and after Haya lo lezara in the dictionary.
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What does Haya lo lezara (היה לו לזרא) mean in Hebrew?
Haya lo lezara (היה לו לזרא) means be loathsome unto him. It is said haya lo lezara, with the stress on ra.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry היה לו לזרא of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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