2 Kings 20:10:82 Kgs.20.10.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 KI
- clause
LO KI ya-SHUV ha-TSEL a-kho-ran-NIT E-ser ma-a-LOT
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-khiz-ki-YA-hu na-KEL la-TSEL lin-TOT E-ser ma-a-LOT LO KI ya-SHUV ha-TSEL a-kho-ran-NIT E-ser ma-a-LOT
Exegesis
The adversative lo ki {לֹא כִי | lōʾ kî} then introduces contrast, leading into the Qal jussive yāšûv {יָשׁוּב | yāšûv} with haṣṣēl {הַצֵּל | haṣṣēl} and ʾăḥôrānîṯ {אֲחֹרָנִית | ʾăḥôrānîṯ}, which commands the miraculous backward reversal of ten steps, underscoring the sign’s supernatural character by contrasting normal solar progression with its reversal.
In context — 2 Kings 20:10
And Hezekiah said, “It is easy for the shadow to move forward ten steps ; no—let the shadow turn back ten steps.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:10:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Kings 20:10, 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.20.10.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.10.W8.S1) and character.