2 Kings 20:4:32 Kgs.20.4.W3TAB
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 ya-TSA
- clause
va-ye-HI ye-sha-YA-hu LO ya-TSA ha-IR kha-TSER ha-ti-kho-NA
- sentence
va-ye-HI ye-sha-YA-hu LO ya-TSA ha-IR kha-TSER ha-ti-kho-NA u-de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA e-LAV le-MOR
Exegesis
The proper name yeshayahu {יְשַׁעְיָהוּ | Yešaʿyâhû} functions as the subject, and lo-yatsa’ {לֹא־יָצָא | lōʾ-yāṣāʾ} ‘did not go out’ forms a temporal subordinate clause that sets the scene before Isaiah’s departure.
The conjunction u-dvar-YHWH {וּדְבַר־יְהוָה | û·ḏᵉbār Yᵊhōwâ} ‘and the word of the LORD’ introduces the main clause, with haya {הָיָה | hâyâh} ‘came’ plus the dative elav {אֵלָ֖יו | ʾê·lāyw} ‘to him’ and the infinitive lemor {לֵאמֹֽר | lē·ʾāmôr} ‘to say’ marking reported speech. English fronting of the time clause mirrors the Hebrew emphasis on divine initiative interrupting Isaiah at the moment of departure.
In context — 2 Kings 20:4
Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court of the city, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 20:4, 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.20.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.4.W3.S1) and character.