לּֽוֹ׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לּֽוֹ׃

   LO

   for him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יָ֥רְעָה לּֽוֹ׃

   yar-e-A LO

   trembles for him
3. clause🔊 עַל־כֵּ֗ן חֲלֻצֵ֤י מוֹאָב֙ יָרִ֔יעוּ נַפְשׁ֖וֹ יָ֥רְעָה לּֽוֹ׃

   al-KEN kha-lu-TSE mo-AV ya-ri-U naf-SHO yar-e-A LO

   therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud his soul trembles for him
4. sentence🔊 וַתִּזְעַ֤ק חֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְאֶלְעָלֵ֔ה עַד־יַ֖הַץ נִשְׁמַ֣ע קוֹלָ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֗ן חֲלֻצֵ֤י מוֹאָב֙ יָרִ֔יעוּ נַפְשׁ֖וֹ יָ֥רְעָה לּֽוֹ׃

   va-tiz-AK khe-sh- BON ve-el-a-LE ad-ya-HATS nish-ma ko-LAM al-KEN kha-lu-TSE mo-AV ya-ri-U naf-SHO yar-e-A LO

   and she cried out Heshbon and Elealeh as far as Jahaz is heard their voice therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud his soul trembles for him

Exegesis

Finally, the construction nafsho yara lo {נַפְשׁ֖וֹ יָ֥רְעָה לּֽוֹ | nap-shō yā-rə-‘āh lō} ‘his soul trembled for him’ conveys personal anguish through the noun ‘soul’ plus a verb of trembling and a dative suffix. This progression from communal lament to heard lament to personal trembling underscores the intensifying distress of Moab.