וְלֹ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹ֥א

   ve-LO

   and do not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ל

   ve-LO takh-MOL

   and do not spare
3. clause🔊 עַתָּה֩ לֵ֨ךְ וְהִכִּֽיתָ֜ה אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֗ק וְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ל עָלָ֑יו

   a-TAH LEKH ve-hi-KI-tah et-a-ma-LEK ve-ha-kha-ram-TEM et-kol-a-SHER-lo ve-LO takh-MOL a-LAV

   now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that belongs to him and do not spare upon him
4. sentence🔊 עַתָּה֩ לֵ֨ךְ וְהִכִּֽיתָ֜ה אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֗ק וְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ל עָלָ֑יו וְהֵמַתָּ֞ה מֵאִ֣ישׁ עַד־אִשָּׁ֗ה מֵֽעֹלֵל֙ וְעַד־יוֹנֵ֔ק מִשּׁ֣וֹר וְעַד־שֶׂ֔ה מִגָּמָ֖ל וְעַד־חֲמֽוֹר׃

   a-TAH LEKH ve-hi-KI-tah et-a-ma-LEK ve-ha-kha-ram-TEM et-kol-a-SHER-lo ve-LO takh-MOL a-LAV ve-he-MA-ta me-ISH ad-i-SHA me-o-LEL ve-ad-yo-NEK mi-SHOR ve-ad-SE mi-ga-MAL ve-ad-kha-MOR

   now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that belongs to him and do not spare upon him and put to death from a man to a woman from a child and to an infant from an ox and to a sheep from a camel and to a donkey

Exegesis

The prohibition ve-lō taḥ-mōl {וְלֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ל | wə-lō ṯaḥ-mōl} uses the negative particle lō with an imperfect verb to express an absolute interdiction.