2 Kings 14:3:62 Kgs.14.3.W6TAB
לֹ֖א
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
- clause
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NEI ye-ho-VAH RAK LO ke-da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NEI ye-ho-VAH RAK LO ke-da-VID a-VIV ke-KHOL a-SHER-a-SA yo-ASH a-VIV A-SA
Exegesis
The adversative raq lōʾ {רַק לֹא | raq lōʾ} “yet not” sets up a comparison with ke-dawid {כְּדָוִד | kə-dā-wîḏ} “like David,” referencing him as a royal forebear.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־א
“messenger, one who is sent”
In context — 2 Kings 14:3
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD , yet not like David his ancestor; he acted in line with all that his father Joash had done.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Kings 14:3, so the Hebrew word לֹ֖א (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 Kgs.14.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.3.W6.S1) and character.