1 Kings 13:17:101 Kgs.13.17.W10TAB
לֹא־תָשׁ֣וּב
lotashuv
“you shall not return”
- Transliteration
- lo-ta-SHUV
- Extended
- loh-tah-SHOOV
- IPA
- /loː θaˈʃuːv/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall not return
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-ta-SHUV
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ta-SHUV la-LE-khet
- clause
lo-ta-SHUV la-LE-khet bad-DE-rekh a-sher-ha-LAKH-ta BAH
- sentence
ki-da-VAR e-LAI bid-VAR ye-ho-VAH lo-to-KHAL LE-khem ve-lo-tish-TE SHAM MA-yim lo-ta-SHUV la-LE-khet bad-DE-rekh a-sher-ha-LAKH-ta BAH
Exegesis
Sequential negative particles lo {לֹא | lōʾ} govern the imperfect verbs toakhal {תֹאכַל | tô·ʾā·ḵal}, tishteh {תִשְׁתֶּה | tiš·tēh}, and tashuv {תָשׁוּב | ṯā·šūḇ}, highlighting progressive prohibitions.
Root and etymology
שׁ־וּ־ב
“to return; restore”
In context — 1 Kings 13:17
For a word has come to me by the word of the LORD , saying, “You shall not eat bread , and you shall not drink water there, nor shall you return to go by the way that you went.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:17:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Kings 13:17, so the Hebrew word לֹא־תָשׁ֣וּב (lotashuv) 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 Kgs.13.17.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.17.W10.S1) and character.