Genesis 21:5:5Gen.21.5.W5TAB
ל֔וֹ
lo
“to him”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- to him
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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Word in context
- word
LO
- phraseyour reading level
be-hiv-VA-led LO
- clause
be-hiv-VA-led LO ET yits-KHAK be-NO
- sentence
ve-av-ra-HAM ben-me-AT sha-NA be-hiv-VA-led LO ET yits-KHAK be-NO
Exegesis
The temporal clause uses the Niphal infinitive construct behiwaled {בְּהִוָּ֣לֶד | bə-hiw-wā-leḏ} “in being born” with the dative lo {ל֔וֹ | lō} “to him,” yielding “when there was born to him.”
Root and etymology
g-z-lgimel–zayin–lamed
“to rob, seize”
In context — Genesis 21:5
Abraham was one hundred years old when Isaac was born to him.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:5:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 21:5, so the Hebrew word ל֔וֹ (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 Gen.21.5.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.5.W5.S1) and character.