לּ֜וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לּ֜וֹ

   LO

   to it or to him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כִּי֩ לֹֽא־נָ֨פְלָה לּ֜וֹ

   KI lo-NAF-la LO

   for had not fallen to it or to him
3. clause🔊 וּבַיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֗ם שֵׁ֣בֶט הַדָּנִ֞י מְבַקֶּשׁ־ל֤וֹ נַֽחֲלָה֙ לָשֶׁ֔בֶת כִּי֩ לֹֽא־נָ֨פְלָה לּ֜וֹ עַד־הַיּ֥וֹם הַה֛וּא בְּתוֹךְ־שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּנַחֲלָֽה׃

   u-va-ya-MIM ha-HEM SHE-vet ha-da-NI me-vak-KESH-lo na-kha-LA la-SHE-vet KI lo-NAF-la LO ad-ha-YOM ha-HU be-TOKH-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL be-na-kha-LA

   and in the days those tribe of the Danite was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell for had not fallen to it or to him until the day that in the midst of the tribes of Israel as an inheritance
4. sentence🔊 בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּבַיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֗ם שֵׁ֣בֶט הַדָּנִ֞י מְבַקֶּשׁ־ל֤וֹ נַֽחֲלָה֙ לָשֶׁ֔בֶת כִּי֩ לֹֽא־נָ֨פְלָה לּ֜וֹ עַד־הַיּ֥וֹם הַה֛וּא בְּתוֹךְ־שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּנַחֲלָֽה׃

   ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM EN ME-lekh be-yis-ra-EL u-va-ya-MIM ha-HEM SHE-vet ha-da-NI me-vak-KESH-lo na-kha-LA la-SHE-vet KI lo-NAF-la LO ad-ha-YOM ha-HU be-TOKH-shiv-TE yis-ra-EL be-na-kha-LA

   in the days those there was not a king in Israel and in the days those tribe of the Danite was seeking for itself an inheritance to dwell for had not fallen to it or to him until the day that in the midst of the tribes of Israel as an inheritance

Exegesis

The linked clause ubayyamim {וּבַיָּמִים | ū-ba-yāmîm} ‘and in days’ parallels the first temporal frame, introducing the Piel participle mevaqqeslo {מְבַקֶּשׁ־לוֹ | mə-vaq-qēš-lō} ‘seeking for itself’, which conveys an ongoing action.

Root and etymology

l-w-y🔊 ל-ו-יlamed–waw–yod

“join, attach”

• 🔊 לְוִיָּהLeviahjoiningGenesis 29:34