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Lexicon :: Strong's H3926 - lᵊmô

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לְמוֹ
Transliteration
lᵊmô
Pronunciation
lem-o'
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Part of Speech
preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
Aprol. and separable form of the prepositional prefix
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TWOT Reference: 1063

Strong’s Definitions

לְמוֹ lᵉmôw, lem-o'; a prolonged and separable form of the prepositional prefix; to or for:—at, for, to, upon.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H3926 in the following manner: for (1x), at (1x), to (1x), upon (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H3926 in the following manner: for (1x), at (1x), to (1x), upon (1x).

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

    1. poetic form of inseparable preposition

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לְמוֹ lᵉmôw, lem-o'; a prolonged and separable form of the prepositional prefix; to or for:—at, for, to, upon.
STRONGS H3926: Abbreviations
† לְמוֺ in poetry for לְ (see מוֺ below) Job 27:14; 29:21; 38:40; 40:4.

† לְמוֺ in poetry for לְ, Job 27:14; 29:21; 38:40; 40:4, like כְּמוֺ for כְּ, בְמוֺ for ׃בְּ see מוֺ below.

מוֺ a paragogic syllable, attached to בְּ, ךְּ, לְ (q.v.), so as to form with them independent words, בְּמֹו, כְּמֹו, למֹו (q.v.) These forms, except sometimes כְּמֹו are exclusively poetical. In origin מֹו is identical with מָה what, Arabic مَا, which is used similarly, pleonastically, with certain prefixes, e.g. بِمَا, كَمَا, عَمَّا. See Qor 3153; 7125; Fl Kl. Schr. i. 473 f., 479, 558; WAG ii. § 70, Rem. f; SG 126f.; Kö ii. 250 f.; and compare Ethiopic ከመ፡, Syriac axmkAf, Sab. בנמו = مِمَّا, DHMZDMG 1883, 396 f., HomChrest. § 18.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

27:14; 27:14; 29:21; 29:21; 38:40; 38:40; 40:4; 40:4

H3926

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3926 matches the Hebrew לְמוֹ (lᵊmô),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:14 - If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword,
and his descendants have not enough bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:21 - “Men listened to me and waited
and kept silence for my counsel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:40 - when they crouch in their dens
or lie in wait in their thicket?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 40:4 - “Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
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