2 Chronicles 20:12:152 Chr.20.12.W15TAB

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO NE-da

  3. clause

    va-a-NAKH-nu LO NE-da MA-na-a-SE KI a-LEI-kha ei-NEI-nu

  4. sentence

    e-lo-HEI-nu ha-LO tish-pe-TO-BAM KI EN BA-nu KO-akh lif-NEI he-ha-MON ha-RAV ha-ZE ha-BA a-LEI-nu va-a-NAKH-nu LO NE-da MA-na-a-SE KI a-LEI-kha ei-NEI-nu

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase lifnê hāhāmon hārāv haz-zeh hab-bāʾ ʿālênû {לִפְנֵי הֶהָמ֥וֹן הָרָ֛ב הַזֶּ֖ה הַבָּ֣א עָלֵ֑ינוּ | lif-nê hā-hā-mon hā-rāv haz-zeh hab-bāʾ ʿā-lê-nû} situates the impending threat, and the sequence vā-ʾănakhnû lōʾ nēdaʿ mah-nāʿăśēh {וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ לֹ֤א נֵדַע֙ מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה | vā-ʾa-nakh-nû lōʾ nē-daʿ mah-nā-ʿă-śēh} expresses confessed ignorance.

In context2 Chronicles 20:12

Our God will You not judge them? For there is no strength in us before this great multitude that comes against us, and we do not know what we will do, but our eyes are upon You.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 20:12:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 20:12, 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 2 Chr.20.12.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.20.12.W15.S1) and character.