ל֔וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ל֔וֹ

   LO

   against him or to him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְנ֣וּכְלָה ל֔וֹ

   ve-nu-kh-LA LO

   and we can prevail against him or to him
3. clause🔊 אוּלַ֤י יְפֻתֶּה֙ וְנ֣וּכְלָה ל֔וֹ וְנִקְחָ֥ה נִקְמָתֵ֖נוּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

   u-LAI ye-fu-TE ve-nu-kh-LA LO ve-nik-KHA nik-ma-TE-nu mi-ME-nu

   perhaps he will be enticed or he will be deceived and we can prevail against him or to him and we will take our vengeance from him
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֜עְתִּי דִּבַּ֣ת רַבִּים֮ מָג֣וֹר מִסָּבִיב֒ הַגִּ֙ידוּ֙ וְנַגִּידֶ֔נּוּ כֹּ֚ל אֱנ֣וֹשׁ שְׁלוֹמִ֔י שֹׁמְרֵ֖י צַלְעִ֑י אוּלַ֤י יְפֻתֶּה֙ וְנ֣וּכְלָה ל֔וֹ וְנִקְחָ֥ה נִקְמָתֵ֖נוּ מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃

   KI sha-MA-e-ti di-BAT ra-BIM ma-GOR mi-sa-VIV ha-GI-du ve-na-gi-DE-nu KOL e-NOSH she-lo-MI sho-me-RE tsal-E u-LAI ye-fu-TE ve-nu-kh-LA LO ve-nik-KHA nik-ma-TE-nu mi-ME-nu

   for or because I heard report of or whispering of many terror from all around announce and let us announce him or it all or every man or person of my peace, my friend watching, guarding my limping, my stumbling perhaps he will be enticed or he will be deceived and we can prevail against him or to him and we will take our vengeance from him

Exegesis

The participial cluster kol enosh shelomi shomrei tzali {כֹּל אֱנוֹשׁ שְׁלוֹמִ֔י שֹׁמְרֵ֖י צַלְעִ֑י | kōl ʾĕ-nōš shə-lō-mî šōm-rê ṣal-ʿî} ‘all the men of my peace watching for my stumbling’ highlights intimate betrayal. The triadic sequence ulai yefuteh… venuchla…

Root and etymology

ש־ל־ם🔊 shin–lamed–mem

“completeness, peace”