2 Samuel 19:21:72 Sam.19.21.W7TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:22
לֹ֖א
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
- clause
va-YA-an a-vi-SHAI BEN-tse-ru-YA va-yo-MER ha-TA-khat ZOT LO yu-MAT shim-e-I
- sentence
va-YA-an a-vi-SHAI BEN-tse-ru-YA va-yo-MER ha-TA-khat ZOT LO yu-MAT shim-e-I KI ki-LEL et-me-shi-AKH ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The interrogative prepositional phrase hattāḥat zōṯ lō’ yūmatt {הֲתַחַת זֹאת לֹא יוּמַת | hattāḥat zōṯ lō’ yūmatt} forms a rhetorical question anticipating judicial action. The Hofal imperfect yūmatt ‘be put to death’ conveys potential legal outcome.
Root and etymology
l-ʾ-k
“messenger, angel”
In context — 2 Samuel 19:21
And Abishai, son of Zeruiah, answered and said, “Should not Shimei be put to death for this, for he cursed the LORD ’s anointed?”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 19:21, so the Hebrew word לֹ֖א (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.19.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.21.W7.S1) and character.