1 Chronicles 21:17:261 Chr.21.17.W26TAB
לֹ֥א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loːʔ/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
LO
- phraseyour reading level
LO le-mag-GE-fa
- clause
ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI te-HI NA yad-KHA BI u-ve-VET a-VI u-ve-am-ME-kha LO le-mag-GE-fa
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-ha-e-lo-HIM ha-LO a-NI a-MAR-ti lim-NOT ba-AM va-a-NI-HU a-sher-kha-TA-ti ve-ha-RE-a ha-re-O-ti ve-EL-le ha-TSON ME a-SU ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAI te-HI NA yad-KHA BI u-ve-VET a-VI u-ve-am-ME-kha LO le-mag-GE-fa
Exegesis
Finally, the construct phrase uvebeit avi uveamkha lo le-magefa {וּבְבֵית אָבִי וּבְעַמְּךָ לֹא לְמַגֵּפָה | ūbəbēṯ ʾāvî ūbəʿammkha lō ləmaḡēpāh} ‘and in my father’s house and in your people, not for plague’ delineates who should bear the punishment. The English versions preserve the Hebrew parallelism, metaphor, and plea-tone while offering natural idiom.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-aleph-kaf
“to send”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:17
And David said to God , “Was it not I who commanded the numbering of the people? Indeed, I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. And these, the flock—what have they done? LORD my God , let Your hand be upon me and upon my father’s house, but not upon Your people for a plague.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:17:26 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 26 of 1 Chronicles 21:17, so the Hebrew word לֹ֥א (lo) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.21.17.W26, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.17.W26.S1) and character.