1 Kings 19:12:41 Kgs.19.12.W4TAB

לֹ֥א

lo

not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/ˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO va-ESH

  3. clause

    ve-a-KHAR ha-RA-ash ESH LO va-ESH ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    ve-a-KHAR ha-RA-ash ESH LO va-ESH ye-ho-VAH ve-a-KHAR ha-ESH KOL de-ma-MA DAK-ka

Exegesis

The verbless clause lo ba’esh YHWH {לֹא בָאֵ֖שׁ יְהוָ֑ה | lō bā-ʾēš Yə-hō-wāh} foregrounds divine absence by placing the negative particle before the prepositional phrase.

Root and etymology

ל־א־ך

to send

In context1 Kings 19:12

After the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper .

About this coordinate

1 Kings 19:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Kings 19:12, 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 Kgs.19.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.12.W4.S1) and character.