Judges 18:5:2Judg.18.5.W2TAB

ל֖וֹ

lo

to him

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/ˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
to him

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Holemlong 'oh' as in go

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yo-ME-ru LO

  3. clause

    va-yo-ME-ru LO she-AL-NA ve-e-lo-HIM

  4. sentence

    va-yo-ME-ru LO she-AL-NA ve-e-lo-HIM ve-ne-de-A ha-tats-li-AKH dar-KE-nu a-SHER a-NA-khnu hol-KHIM a-LE-ha

Exegesis

The indirect object lo {ל֖וֹ | lô} ‘to him’ marks the addressee of the request.

Root and etymology

l-w-ylamed–waw–yod

join, attach

In contextJudges 18:5

And they said to him, “Please inquire of God for us, so that we may know whether our way on which we are going will succeed.”

About this coordinate

Judges 18:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 18:5, 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.18.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.5.W2.S1) and character.