לוּ֩

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לוּ֩

   LU

   if only, would that
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּ֣י לוּ֩ אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם חַ֜י

   KI LU av-sha-LOM KHAI

   that if only, would that Absalom alive
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י הִגַּ֣דְתָּ הַיּ֗וֹם כִּ֤י אֵֽין לְךָ֙ שָׂרִ֣ים וַעֲבָדִ֔ים כִּ֣י יָדַ֗עְתִּי הַיּ֙וֹם֙ כִּ֣י לוּ֩ אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם חַ֜י וְכֻלָּ֣נוּ הַיּ֔וֹם מֵתִ֖ים כִּי־אָ֣ז יָשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ׃

   KI hig-GAD-ta ha-YOM KI EN le-KHA sa-RIM va-a-va-DIM KI ya-da-TI ha-YOM KI LU av-sha-LOM KHAI ve-kul-LA-nu ha-YOM me-TIM KI-AZ ya-SHAR be-e-NE-kha

   for you have declared today that there is not to you commanders and servants for I know today that if only, would that Absalom alive and all of us today dead for then right, pleasing in your eyes
4. sentence🔊 לְאַהֲבָ֙ה אֶת־שֹׂנְאֶ֔יךָ וּלְשִׂנְאֹ֖א אֶת־אֹהֲבֶ֑יךָ כִּ֣י הִגַּ֣דְתָּ הַיּ֗וֹם כִּ֤י אֵֽין לְךָ֙ שָׂרִ֣ים וַעֲבָדִ֔ים כִּ֣י יָדַ֗עְתִּי הַיּ֙וֹם֙ כִּ֣י לוּ֩ אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם חַ֜י וְכֻלָּ֣נוּ הַיּ֔וֹם מֵתִ֖ים כִּי־אָ֣ז יָשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ׃

   le-a-ha-VA et-so-ne-E-kha u-le-sin-O et-o-ha-VE-kha KI hig-GAD-ta ha-YOM KI EN le-KHA sa-RIM va-a-va-DIM KI ya-da-TI ha-YOM KI LU av-sha-LOM KHAI ve-kul-LA-nu ha-YOM me-TIM KI-AZ ya-SHAR be-e-NE-kha

   to love {direct object marker} those who hate you and to hate {direct object marker} those who love you for you have declared today that there is not to you commanders and servants for I know today that if only, would that Absalom alive and all of us today dead for then right, pleasing in your eyes

Exegesis

The conditional lu-avshalom {לוּ־אָבְשָׁל֣וֹם | lū-ʾāḇ-šā-lōm} introduces a counterfactual protasis, leading to the result clause with the collective ve-kullanu {וְכֻלָּ֖נוּ | wə-kul-lā-nû} ‘all of us’ and the participle metim {מֵתִ֑ים | mē-tîm} ‘dead,’ heightening hyperbole.

Root and etymology

ש־ל־מ🔊 shin–lamed–mem

“peace”

• 🔊 שָׁלוֹםshalompeaceNumbers 6:26