1 Samuel 14:1:171 Sam.14.1.W17TAB

לֹ֥א

lo

not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/loː/

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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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO hi-GID

  3. clause

    u-le-a-VIV LO hi-GID

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ha-YOM va-yo-MER yo-na-TAN ben-sha-UL el-ha-NA-ar no-SE ke-LAV le-KHA ve-na-ber-RA el-ma-TSAV pe-li-SHTIM a-SHER me-E-ver ha-LAZ u-le-a-VIV LO hi-GID

Exegesis

The final Hiphil perfect u-lə-ʾā-vîv lō higgîd {וּלְאָבִ֖יו לֹ֥א הִגִּֽיד | u-lə-ʾā-vîv lō hig-gîd} ‘but he did not tell his father’ indicates withheld information, emphasizing secrecy.

In context1 Samuel 14:1

And it happened on a certain day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man bearing his weapons, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of the Philistines that is on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 14:1:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Samuel 14:1, 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 Sam.14.1.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.1.W17.S1) and character.