ל֣וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 ל֣וֹ

   LO

   to him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣וֹ לֵאמֹ֗ר

   va-yo-me-RU LO le-MOR

   and they said to him saying
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣וֹ לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹ֚א כִּֽי־אָסֹ֤ר נֶֽאֱסָרְךָ֙ וּנְתַנּ֣וּךָ בְיָדָ֔ם וְהָמֵ֖ת לֹ֣א נְמִיתֶ֑ךָ

   va-yo-me-RU LO le-MOR LO KI-a-SOR ne-e-SAR-kha u-ne-ta-NU-kha ve-ya-DAM ve-ha-MET LO ne-mi-TE-kha

   and they said to him saying no but binding we will surely bind you and we will give you into their hand and to put to death not we will put you to death
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣וֹ לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹ֚א כִּֽי־אָסֹ֤ר נֶֽאֱסָרְךָ֙ וּנְתַנּ֣וּךָ בְיָדָ֔ם וְהָמֵ֖ת לֹ֣א נְמִיתֶ֑ךָ וַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּ בִּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ עֲבֹתִ֣ים חֲדָשִׁ֔ים וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּהוּ מִן־הַסָּֽלַע׃

   va-yo-me-RU LO le-MOR LO KI-a-SOR ne-e-SAR-kha u-ne-ta-NU-kha ve-ya-DAM ve-ha-MET LO ne-mi-TE-kha va-ya-as-RU-hu bish-na-YIM a-vo-TIM kha-da-SHIM va-ya-a-LU-hu min-ha-SA-la

   and they said to him saying no but binding we will surely bind you and we will give you into their hand and to put to death not we will put you to death and they bound him with two ropes new and they brought him up from the rock

Exegesis

The account then returns to narrative with vayaasruhu {וַיַּאַסְרֻהוּ | wayyaʾăsərûhū} ‘and they bound him’, where bishnayim {בִּשְׁנַיִם | bišnayyaim} ‘with two’ specifies the dual instrument avotim chadashim {עֲבֹתִים חֲדָשִׁים | ʿăbōṯîm ḥădāšîm} ‘new ropes’, and the verb vayaaluhu {וַיַּעֲל֖וּהוּ | wayyaʿălûhū} ‘and they brought him up’ is completed by the source phrase minhassela {מִן־הַסָּלַע | min-hassālāʿ} ‘from the rock’. This structure highlights both the promise of nonlethality and the vivid depiction of Samson’s removal.