Numbers 25:13:2Num.25.13.W2TAB

לוֹ

lo

to him

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/loː/

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. sentence

    ve-ha-ye-TAH LO u-le-zar-O a-kha-ra-V be-REET ke-hu-NAT o-LAM TA-khat a-SHER ki-NE le-e-lo-HAIV va-ye-kha-PER al-be-NEI yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

Possession and succession are expressed by lo {לוֹ | lō} ‘to him’, ulezar’o {וּלְזַרְע֣וֹ | ū-lə-zar-ʿō} ‘and to his seed’, and acharav {אַחֲרָ֔יו | ʼa-ḥă-rā-v} ‘after him’, indicating the hereditary scope of the covenant.

Root and etymology

ש־ל־ם

completeness, peace

In contextNumbers 25:13

And it shall be for him and for his descendants after him a covenant of everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God and he made atonement for the children of Israel.

About this coordinate

Numbers 25:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 25:13, so the Hebrew word לוֹ (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 Num.25.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.13.W2.S1) and character.