לוֹ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לוֹ֙

   LO

   for himself or for him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיַּ֤עַשׂ לוֹ֙

   va-ya-AS LO

   and he made for himself or for him
3. clause🔊 וַֽיְהִי֙ מֵאַ֣חֲרֵי כֵ֔ן וַיַּ֤עַשׂ לוֹ֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם מֶרְכָּבָ֖ה וְסֻסִ֑ים

   va-ye-HI me-a-kha-RE KEN va-ya-AS LO av-sha-LOM mer-ka-VA ve-su-SIM

   and it happened from after thus and he made for himself or for him Absalom a chariot and horses
4. sentence🔊 וַֽיְהִי֙ מֵאַ֣חֲרֵי כֵ֔ן וַיַּ֤עַשׂ לוֹ֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם מֶרְכָּבָ֖ה וְסֻסִ֑ים וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִ֖ישׁ רָצִ֥ים לְפָנָֽיו׃

   va-ye-HI me-a-kha-RE KEN va-ya-AS LO av-sha-LOM mer-ka-VA ve-su-SIM va-kha-mi-SHIM ISH ra-TSIM le-fa-NAV

   and it happened from after thus and he made for himself or for him Absalom a chariot and horses and fifty men or a man running before him

Exegesis

The verb complex way-yaʿăś lō Avshalom {וַיַּעַשׂ לוֹ אַבְשָׁלוֹם | way-yaʿăś lō av-šā-lōm} ‘and Absalom made for himself’ uses the reflexive suffix to indicate initiative.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ש־ל־םsh-l-m

“completeness, peace”

• 🔊 שָׁלֵםshā-lēmwhole, completeGenesis 33:18