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
| 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
KI LO na-a-SA
- 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
- 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 context — 2 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.