2 Kings 17:19:22 Kgs.17.19.W2TAB
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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The word
Word in context
- word
LO
- phraseyour reading level
LO sha-MAR
- clause
gam-ye-hu-DA LO sha-MAR et-mits-VE-vot ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem
- sentence
gam-ye-hu-DA LO sha-MAR et-mits-VE-vot ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-ye-le-KHU be-khu-KOT yis-ra-EL a-SHER a-SU
Exegesis
The fronted subject Yehudah {יְהוּדָה | yᵊ-hû-dā} is immediately negated by lo {לֹא | lō} followed by the Qal perfect verb shamar {שָׁמַר | šā-mar} ‘kept,’ indicating a completed negative action.
Root and etymology
k-l-ʼ
“to imprison”
In context — 2 Kings 17:19
Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God , but they walked in the statutes of Israel that Israel had made.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:19:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 17:19, 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.17.19.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.19.W2.S1) and character.