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
| 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 va-ESH
- clause
ve-a-KHAR ha-RA-ash ESH LO va-ESH ye-ho-VAH
- 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 context — 1 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.