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title: לְמוֹ — to · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לְמוֹ (3926), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: to. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לְמוֹ

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«לְמוֹ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **to** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 3926 · **BDB:** לְמוֹ

### Glosses

for (3); to (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

to [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3926/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** poet. for לְ (v. מוֹ) Jb 27:14; 29:21; 38:40; 40:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לְמוֹ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3926/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 29:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.21/)

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לִֽי־שָׁמְע֥וּ וְיִחֵ֑לּוּ וְ֝יִדְּמ֗וּ לְמ֣וֹ עֲצָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* to me people.listened and they.waited and they.were.silent for counsel my

*JPS 1917:* Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence for my counsel.

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[Job 38:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.40/)

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כִּי־יָשֹׁ֥חוּ בַמְּעוֹנ֑וֹת יֵשְׁב֖וּ בַסֻּכָּ֣ה לְמוֹ־אָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* (dm) they.will.crouch in (the) dens they.will.remain in (the) thicket for lying-in-wait

*JPS 1917:* When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

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