1 Samuel 18:8:161 Sam.18.8.W16TAB

ל֖וֹ

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

    ve-OD LO

  3. clause

    ve-OD LO AKH ham-me-lu-KHA

  4. sentence

    va-yik-HAR le-sha-UL me-OD va-ye-RA be-e-NA-v ha-da-VAR ha-ZE va-yo-MER na-te-NU le-da-VID re-va-VOT ve-LI na-te-NU ha-a-la-FIM ve-OD LO AKH ham-me-lu-KHA

Exegesis

The adversative particle ’ăkh {אַךְ | ’ăkh} in wə-’ōḏ lô ’ăkh hā-mə-lû-kāh {וְע֥וֹד ל֖וֹ אַ֥ךְ הַמְּלוּכָֽה | wə-’ōḏ lô ’ăkh hā-mə-lû-kāh} heightens the rhetorical question about the kingdom.

Root and etymology

m-l-kmem–lamed–kaf

to reign, be king

In context1 Samuel 18:8

And Saul was exceedingly angry, and this matter deeply displeased him. He said, “They have given to David tens of thousands, and to me only thousands; what more can he have but the kingdom ?”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 18:8:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 18:8, so the Hebrew word ל֖וֹ (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.18.8.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.8.W16.S1) and character.