2 Samuel 16:18:42 Sam.16.18.W4TAB

לֹ֕א

lo

no

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/ˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
no

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. clause

    va-YO-mer khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM LO KI a-SHER ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer khu-SHAI el-av-sha-LOM LO KI a-SHER ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-AM ha-ZE ve-khol-ISH yis-ra-EL lo LO e-HE-ye ve-i-TO e-SHEV

Exegesis

Hushai then uses lo {לֹ֕א | lōʾ} ‘no’ plus the adversative kî {כִּי֩ | kî} ‘but’ to introduce a corrective emphasis.

In context2 Samuel 16:18

And Hushai said to Absalom, “Not so; but I will be for the one whom the LORD , this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, and I will remain with him .”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 16:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 16:18, so the Hebrew word לֹ֕א (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 Sam.16.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.16.18.W4.S1) and character.