2 Kings 15:9:82 Kgs.15.9.W8TAB
לֹ֣א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loː/
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 SAR
- clause
LO SAR me-kha-to-OT ya-ra-ve-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-ya-AS ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ka-a-SHER a-SU a-vo-TA-v LO SAR me-kha-to-OT ya-ra-ve-AM ben-ne-VAT a-SHER he-khe-TI et-yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The negation lo sar {לֹא סָר | lōʾ sār} ‘he did not turn aside’ followed by mechatto’t {מֵחַטֹּאות | mê-ḥaṭ-ṭō-ʾōṯ} ‘from the sins of’ underscores persistent sin.
In context — 2 Kings 15:9
And he committed what was evil in the sight of the LORD , just as his fathers had done. He did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 15:9:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 15:9, so the Hebrew word לֹ֣א (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.15.9.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.15.9.W8.S1) and character.