Judges 17:5:3Judg.17.5.W3TAB
ל֖וֹ
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
- clause
ve-ha-ISH mi-KHA LO BET e-lo-HIM
- sentence
ve-ha-ISH mi-KHA LO BET e-lo-HIM va-ya-AS e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM va-ye-ma-LE ET-YAD a-KHAD mi-ba-NAV va-ye-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
Exegesis
The construct phrase lo beit elohim {לוֹ בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִים | lō bêyt ʼĕ-lō-hîm} ‘for him a house of gods’ indicates his possession of a private shrine for deities.
Root and etymology
ל־ו־ה
“to join, be attached”
In context — Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had a house of gods , and he made an ephod and household gods, and he consecrated the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 17:5, so the Hebrew word ל֖וֹ (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 Judg.17.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.5.W3.S1) and character.