Hebrew word · H3926

לְמוֹ

lemov-

upon

Appears 4 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

1) at, to, for, in, of, by, in reference to

1a) poetic form of inseparable preposition

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Job · 4

  1. Job 27:14 לְמוֹ־ for

    Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

  2. Job 29:21 לְמ֣וֹ for

    Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

  3. Job 38:40 לְמוֹ־ for

    when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?

    Here: A longer, poetic form of the ordinary preposition 'for/to'. Here it gives the purpose or manner of their sitting: 'for ambush', 'in ambush'.

  4. Job 40:4 לְמוֹ־ to

    “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

    Here: An old poetic form of the ordinary preposition "to." Here it means "to / over": the hand is brought up to the mouth and covers it.

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