ל֛וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ל֛וֹ

   LO

   for himself or to him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 פֶּן־מָ֥צָא ל֛וֹ

   pen-ma-TSA LO

   lest he find for himself or to him
3. clause🔊 אַ֠תָּה קַ֞ח אֶת־עַבְדֵ֤י אֲדֹנֶ֙יךָ֙ וּרְדֹ֣ף אַחֲרָ֔יו פֶּן־מָ֥צָא ל֛וֹ עָרִ֥ים בְּצֻר֖וֹת וְהִצִּ֥יל עֵינֵֽנוּ׃

   a-TA KAKH et-av-DE a-do-NE-kha u-re-DOF a-kha-RAIV pen-ma-TSA LO a-RIM be-tsu-ROT ve-hi-TSIL e-NE-nu

   you take {direct object} servants of your lord and pursue after him lest he find for himself or to him cities fortified and he will deliver our eyes
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־אֲבִישַׁ֔י עַתָּ֗ה יֵ֧רַֽע לָ֛נוּ שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֖י מִן־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם אַ֠תָּה קַ֞ח אֶת־עַבְדֵ֤י אֲדֹנֶ֙יךָ֙ וּרְדֹ֣ף אַחֲרָ֔יו פֶּן־מָ֥צָא ל֛וֹ עָרִ֥ים בְּצֻר֖וֹת וְהִצִּ֥יל עֵינֵֽנוּ׃

   va-yo-MER da-VID el-a-vi-SHAI a-TA ye-RA la-NU SHE-va ben-bik-RI min-av-sha-LOM a-TA KAKH et-av-DE a-do-NE-kha u-re-DOF a-kha-RAIV pen-ma-TSA LO a-RIM be-tsu-ROT ve-hi-TSIL e-NE-nu

   and he said David to Abishai now he will do harm to us Sheba son of Bichri than Absalom you take {direct object} servants of your lord and pursue after him lest he find for himself or to him cities fortified and he will deliver our eyes

Exegesis

The direct speech begins with the imperfect verb yera {יֵ֧רַֽע | yērāʿ} ‘he will do harm’ in a comparative clause introduced by min-Avšālôm {מִן־אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם | min-ʾăvšālôm} ‘than Absalom’.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ש־ל־םshin–lamed–mem

“completeness, peace”

• 🔊 שָׁלֵםšā-lēmwholeDeuteronomy 25:15