Exodus 15:25:12Exod.15.25.W12TAB

ל֛וֹ

lo

for him

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/ˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
for 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. phraseyour reading level

    SHAM SAM LO

  3. clause

    SHAM SAM LO KHOK u-mish-PAT ve-SHAM nis-SA-hu

  4. sentence

    va-yits-AK el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-RE-hu ye-ho-VAH ETS va-yash-LEKH el-ha-MA-yim va-yim-te-KU ha-MA-yim SHAM SAM LO KHOK u-mish-PAT ve-SHAM nis-SA-hu

Exegesis

The Qal perfect sam {שָׂ֥ם | sām} with lo {ל֛וֹ | lō} introduces choq ū-mishpat {חֹק וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט | ḥōq ū-miš-pāṭ} ‘statute and ordinance,’ formalizing the remedy as enduring law.

Root and etymology

Rootbet-he-lamed

to be alarmed

In contextExodus 15:25

He cried out to the LORD , and the LORD showed him a tree. He threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He established for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them.

About this coordinate

Exodus 15:25:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 15:25, so the Hebrew word ל֛וֹ (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 Exod.15.25.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.25.W12.S1) and character.