ל֤וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ל֤וֹ

   LO

   to him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֤וֹ יְהוָה֙

   va-yo-MER LO Ye-ho-VAH

   and he said to him the LORD
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֤וֹ יְהוָה֙ עֲלֵ֔ה וּנְתַתִּ֖ים בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃

   va-yo-MER LO Ye-ho-VAH a-LE u-ne-ta-TIM be-ya-DE-kha

   and he said to him the LORD go up and I will give them into your hand
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁאַ֨ל דָּוִ֤יד בֵּאלֹהִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הַאֶֽעֱלֶה֙ עַל־פלשתיים פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וּנְתַתָּ֖ם בְּיָדִ֑י וַיֹּ֨אמֶר ל֤וֹ יְהוָה֙ עֲלֵ֔ה וּנְתַתִּ֖ים בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃

   va-yish-AL da-VID be-lo-HIM le-MOR ha-e-e-LE al-pe-le-sha-YIM pe-lish-TIM u-ne-ta-TAM be-ya-DI va-yo-MER LO Ye-ho-VAH a-LE u-ne-ta-TIM be-ya-DE-kha

   and he asked David of God to say shall I go up against Philistines the Philistines and will you give them into my hand and he said to him the LORD go up and I will give them into your hand

Exegesis

The response begins with wayyomer {וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said,’ followed by the dative pronoun lo {ל֤וֹ | lō} ‘to him,’ leading to the imperative aleh {עֲלֵ֔ה | ʿālēh} ‘go up’ and the promise unetatim {וּנְתַתִּ֖ים | ûnəṯattîm} ‘I will give them,’ with the concluding prepositional clause beyadekha {בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃ | bəyāḏəkā} ‘into your hand.’ English shifts from Hebrew VSO to SVO for clarity while preserving the deliberative–response pattern.