ל֜וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ל֜וֹ

   LO

   to him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אָ֣ז נִשְׁבְּעוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁי־דָוִ֨ד ל֜וֹ

   AZ nish-be-U an-she-da-VID LO

   then they swore men of David to him
3. clause🔊 אָ֣ז נִשְׁבְּעוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁי־דָוִ֨ד ל֜וֹ לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹא־תֵצֵ֨א ע֤וֹד אִתָּ֙נוּ֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א תְכַבֶּ֖ה אֶת־נֵ֥ר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   AZ nish-be-U an-she-da-VID LO le-MOR lo-te-TSE OD i-TA-nu la-mil-kha-MA ve-LO te-kha-BE et-NER yis-ra-EL

   then they swore men of David to him saying you shall not go out again or any more with us to the battle and not you will extinguish the lamp of Israel
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּֽעֲזָר־לוֹ֙ אֲבִישַׁ֣י בֶּן־צְרוּיָ֔ה וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ אָ֣ז נִשְׁבְּעוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁי־דָוִ֨ד ל֜וֹ לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹא־תֵצֵ֨א ע֤וֹד אִתָּ֙נוּ֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א תְכַבֶּ֖ה אֶת־נֵ֥ר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-ya-e-ZAR-lo a-vi-SHAI ben-tse-ru-YA va-YAKH et-ha-pe-lish-TI va-ye-mi-TE-hu AZ nish-be-U an-she-da-VID LO le-MOR lo-te-TSE OD i-TA-nu la-mil-kha-MA ve-LO te-kha-BE et-NER yis-ra-EL

   and helped him Abishai son of Zeruiah and struck the Philistine and killed him then they swore men of David to him saying you shall not go out again or any more with us to the battle and not you will extinguish the lamp of Israel

Exegesis

The narrative opens with the vav consecutive vayya‘ăzar-lō {וַיַּֽעֲזָר־לוֹ֙ | wayya‘ăzar-lō} ‘and he came to help’, marking continuation.