2 Chronicles 6:9:32 Chr.6.9.W3TAB
לֹ֥א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
LO
- phraseyour reading level
LO tiv-ne
- clause
RAK a-TA LO tiv-ne ha-BA-yit
- sentence
RAK a-TA LO tiv-ne ha-BA-yit KI vin-kha ha-yo-TSE me-kha-la-TSE-kha HU-yiV-ne ha-BA-yit lish-MI
Exegesis
The fronted attah {אַתָּ֔ה | ʾattā} ‘you’ is emphatic, and the sequence lo {לֹ֥א | lō} ‘not’ + tivneh {תִבְנֶ֖ה | tivneh} ‘you will build’ forms a direct denial focused on the addressee.
Root and etymology
Rootmem–lamed–aleph
“to fill, fulfill, complete”
In context — 2 Chronicles 6:9
Only you will not build the house, because your son who comes out from your loins, he will build the house for My name.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 6:9:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 6:9, 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 2 Chr.6.9.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.6.9.W3.S1) and character.