2 Kings 23:22:22 Kgs.23.22.W2TAB

לֹ֤א

lo

not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/ˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KI LO na-a-SA

  3. clause

    KI LO na-a-SA ka-PE-sakh ha-ZE mi-ME ha-sho-fe-TIM a-SHER shaf-TU ET-yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    KI LO na-a-SA ka-PE-sakh ha-ZE mi-ME ha-sho-fe-TIM a-SHER shaf-TU ET-yis-ra-EL ve-KHOL ye-ME mal-KHE yis-ra-EL u-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA

Exegesis

The negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ establishes absence of any precedent.

Root and etymology

ʾ-š-raleph–shin–resh

goddess; fertility deity

In context2 Kings 23:22

For no Passover like this had been observed from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor during all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 23:22:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Kings 23:22, so the Hebrew word לֹ֤א (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.23.22.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.22.W2.S1) and character.