la.hen is a conjunction that links a preceding statement to what follows as a consequent or conclusion.

The attested forms function as a conjunction connecting a stated situation with a following consequence or conclusion: Job 30:24 moves from disaster to a cry, while Ruth 1:13 moves from the proposed waiting to Naomi's response.

1. Conjunction marking a consequent relation · dominant

   All three tokens are tagged as conjunctions. In Job 30:24, the form occurs in the conditional statement about disaster and the resulting cry; the APB renders the clause "if into his disaster, then there is a cry." In Ruth 1:13, the two forms occur amid questions about waiting and refraining from marriage, before Naomi's negative response; the APB renders "No, my daughters."

   Job 30:24Ruth 1:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the connective relation with "then" in Job 30:24, while in Ruth 1:13 its precise contribution is not isolable from the loose translation. The verse is read as a whole.