לֽוֹ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֽוֹ׃

   LO

   to him
2. clause🔊 כִּֽי־שָׁקְטָ֣ה הָאָ֗רֶץ וְאֵין־עִמּ֤וֹ מִלְחָמָה֙ בַּשָּׁנִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה כִּֽי־הֵנִ֥יחַ יְהוָ֖ה לֽוֹ׃

   ki-sha-ke-TA ha-A-rets ve-EN-I-mo mil-kha-MA ba-sha-NIM ha-E-le ki-he-NI-akh ye-ho-VAH LO

   for it was quiet the land and there was not with him war in the years these for he gave rest the LORD to him
3. sentence🔊 וַיִּ֛בֶן עָרֵ֥י מְצוּרָ֖ה בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה כִּֽי־שָׁקְטָ֣ה הָאָ֗רֶץ וְאֵין־עִמּ֤וֹ מִלְחָמָה֙ בַּשָּׁנִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה כִּֽי־הֵנִ֥יחַ יְהוָ֖ה לֽוֹ׃

   va-yiv-BEN a-RE me-tsu-RA bi-ye-hu-DA ki-sha-ke-TA ha-A-rets ve-EN-I-mo mil-kha-MA ba-sha-NIM ha-E-le ki-he-NI-akh ye-ho-VAH LO

   and he built cities of fortified in Judah for it was quiet the land and there was not with him war in the years these for he gave rest the LORD to him

Exegesis

Finally, kî hēnîyaḥ Yəhōwāh lō {כִּי־הֵנִיחַ יְהוָה לֽוֹ | kî hēnîyaḥ Yəhōwāh lō} ‘for the LORD gave him rest’ employs a Hiphil perfect to attribute peace to divine agency, sustaining the cause-and-effect structure.