לֹ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹ֣א

   LO

   not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֣א יִמָּצֵ֔א

   LO yim-ma-TSE

   not would be found
3. clause🔊 וְחָרָשׁ֙ לֹ֣א יִמָּצֵ֔א בְּכֹ֖ל אֶ֣רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

   ve-kha-RASH LO yim-ma-TSE be-KHOL E-rets yis-ra-EL

   and a craftsman or smith not would be found in all land of Israel
4. sentence🔊 וְחָרָשׁ֙ לֹ֣א יִמָּצֵ֔א בְּכֹ֖ל אֶ֣רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּֽי־אמר אָמְרֻ֣ו‪ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים פֶּ֚ן יַעֲשׂ֣וּ הָעִבְרִ֔ים חֶ֖רֶב א֥וֹ חֲנִֽית׃

   ve-kha-RASH LO yim-ma-TSE be-KHOL E-rets yis-ra-EL KI-a-MAR am-re-VU fe-lish-TIM PEN ya-a-SU ha-iv-RIM KHE-rev O kha-NIT

   and a craftsman or smith not would be found in all land of Israel for he said they said the Philistines lest they make the Hebrews a sword or a spear

Exegesis

The narrative opens with the noun charash {חָרָשׁ֙ | ḥā-rā-š} ‘craftsman’ linked by the conjunction waw to the negative particle lo {לֹ֣א | lōʼ}, which precedes the Nifal imperfect yim-mā-ṣēʼ {יִמָּצֵ֔א | yim-mā-ṣēʼ} ‘will be found’ to form a negative existential clause.