2 Kings 17:12:72 Kgs.17.12.W7TAB
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 ta-a-SU
- clause
a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH la-HEM LO ta-a-SU ET-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
- sentence
va-ya-VE-du ha-gi-lu-LIM a-SHER a-MAR ye-ho-VAH la-HEM LO ta-a-SU ET-ha-da-VAR ha-ZE
Exegesis
The particles lo {לֹ֥א | lō} ‘not’ and ta’asu {תַעֲשׂ֖וּ | ta·ʿă·śû} ‘you shall do’ form a forceful Hebrew prohibition.
Root and etymology
k-l-ʼ
“to imprison”
In context — 2 Kings 17:12
And they served the idols, which the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing .”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 17:12, 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 Kgs.17.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.12.W7.S1) and character.