Judges 19:9:8Judg.19.9.W8TAB

ל֣וֹ

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-mer LO kho-ten-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer LO kho-ten-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA hi-NE NA ra-FA ha-YOM la-a-ROV li-NU-NA hi-NE kha-NOT ha-YOM LIN PO ve-yi-TAV le-va-VE-kha ve-hish-ka-MTEM ma-KHAR le-dar-ke-KHEM ve-ha-lakh-TA le-o-HA-le-kha

  4. sentence

    va-YA-kam ha-ISH la-LE-khet HU u-pi-lag-SHO ve-na-a-RO va-YO-mer LO kho-ten-NO a-VI ha-na-a-RA hi-NE NA ra-FA ha-YOM la-a-ROV li-NU-NA hi-NE kha-NOT ha-YOM LIN PO ve-yi-TAV le-va-VE-kha ve-hish-ka-MTEM ma-KHAR le-dar-ke-KHEM ve-ha-lakh-TA le-o-HA-le-kha

Exegesis

Dialogue is introduced by vayomer {וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | wayyōmer} ‘and he said’ with lo {ל֣וֹ | lō} ‘to him’ marking indirect address.

Root and etymology

א־כ־ל

to eat, consume

In contextJudges 19:9

And the man rose up to go—he, his concubine, and his servant. But his father-in-law, the father of the girl, said to him, “Behold, please, the day has grown slack toward evening. Please spend the night; behold, the day is ending. Stay here and it will be well with your heart . In the morning you shall rise early for your journey, and you may go to your tent.”

About this coordinate

Judges 19:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 19:9, so the Hebrew word ל֣וֹ (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.19.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.9.W8.S1) and character.