Deuteronomy 15:8:4Deut.15.8.W4TAB

ל֑וֹ

lo

to him

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/loː/

Meaning by language

English
to him

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. clause

    ki-fa-TO-akh tif-TACH et-yad-KHA LO

  3. sentence

    ki-fa-TO-akh tif-TACH et-yad-KHA LO ve-ha-a-VET ta-a-vi-TE-nu DEI makh-SO-ro a-SHER yekh-SAR LO

Exegesis

The relative clause asher yechsar lo {אֲשֶׁר יֶחְסַר לֽוֹ | ʼă-šer ye-ḥsār lō} ‘that he lacks’ frames the condition for assistance. English translation renders the Hebrew VSO order as SVO while preserving the emphatic force of the infinitive–imperfect constructions and the conditional nuance of the relative clause.

Root and etymology

n-t-nnun-tav-nun

to give

In contextDeuteronomy 15:8

But you shall surely open your hand to him and shall surely lend him enough for his need , whatever he may lack.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 15:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 15:8, so the Hebrew word ל֑וֹ (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 Deut.15.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.8.W4.S1) and character.