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
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
LO
- phraseyour reading level
ve-OD LO
- clause
ve-OD LO AKH ham-me-lu-KHA
- 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 context — 1 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.