1 Samuel 17:33:41 Sam.17.33.W4TAB

לֹ֤א

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

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO tu-KHAL

  3. clause

    va-yo-MER sha-UL el-da-VID LO tu-KHAL la-LE-khet el-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE le-hil-la-KHEM im-MO

  4. sentence

    va-yo-MER sha-UL el-da-VID LO tu-KHAL la-LE-khet el-ha-pe-lish-TI ha-ZE le-hil-la-KHEM im-MO ki-NA-ar a-TA ve-HU ISH mil-kha-MA min-ne-u-RAIV

Exegesis

The negation lo tukhal lalechet {לֹא תּוּכַל לָלֶכֶת | lō tû-kal lā-le-khet} uses the negative particle lo preceding a Qal imperfect and an infinitive construct to express inability.

In context1 Samuel 17:33

And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go to this Philistine to fight him, for you are a youth , and he has been a man of war from his youth.”

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 17:33:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 17:33, so the Hebrew word לֹ֤א (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.17.33.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.33.W4.S1) and character.