2 Samuel 16:18:132 Sam.16.18.W13TAB
לא
lo
“to him”
- Transliteration
- lo
- Extended
- loh
- IPA
- /loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to him
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
lo
- phraseyour reading level
lo LO e-HE-ye
- clause
lo LO e-HE-ye ve-i-TO e-SHEV
- sentence
va-YO-mer khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM LO KI a-SHER ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL lo LO e-HE-ye ve-i-TO e-SHEV
Exegesis
Hushai then uses lo {לֹ֕א | lōʾ} ‘no’ plus the adversative kî {כִּי֩ | kî} ‘but’ to introduce a corrective emphasis.
In context — 2 Samuel 16:18
And Hushai said to Absalom, “Not so; but I will be for the one whom the LORD , this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, and I will remain with him .”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 16:18:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Samuel 16:18, so the Hebrew word לא (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 2 Sam.16.18.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.18.W13.S1) and character.