An archaic, expanded form of the common Hebrew preposition לְ, used exclusively in poetic and elevated registers. The fuller form לְמוֹ appears in Job's speeches (27:14; 29:21; 38:40; 40:4) and in early poetry such as the blessing of Noah (Gen 9:26-27). It carries the same broad prepositional range as לְ -- direction ('to'), benefaction ('for'), and reference ('upon') -- but signals a heightened, solemn tone. Spanish para and French à mirror the basic dative/directional meaning, while German ihnen ('to them') reflects the occasional pronominal force of the מוֹ element.