1 Samuel 18:21:41 Sam.18.21.W4TAB

לּוֹ֙

lo

to him

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/ˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
to him

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    et-ne-NNA LO

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer sha-UL et-ne-NNA LO u-te-HI-LO le-mo-KESH u-te-HI-VO yad-pe-lish-TIM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer sha-UL et-ne-NNA LO u-te-HI-LO le-mo-KESH u-te-HI-VO yad-pe-lish-TIM va-YO-mer sha-UL el-da-VID bish-ta-YIM tit-kha-TTEN BI ha-YOM

Exegesis

The Qal imperfect first person ettennah {אֶתְּנֶנָּה | ʾet·te·ne·nāh} with lo {לוֹ | lō} marks the indirect object “to him.”

Root and etymology

m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf

to reign, be king

In context1 Samuel 18:21

And Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she shall be a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines shall be against him.” And Saul said to David, “Today you shall become my son-in-law for a second time.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 18:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 18:21, so the Hebrew word לּוֹ֙ (lo) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.18.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.21.W4.S1) and character.