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# lo

interjection

«lo» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Early Modern English

### Meaning

Look! See! Behold! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lo/#m1)

### Then and now

No longer common; today we say "look!" or "behold!" "Lo" is old and found mostly in formal or old-style speech.

### Examples

- Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. (Torah GEN.47.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lo/#x1)
- 'Lo! did I not speak well? (The Orange Fairy Book) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lo/#x2)
- And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. (Torah NUM.23.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lo/#x3)

### Note

Today: look!.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lo» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/L/lo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lo» in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/lo.html) on Mova free.