Deuteronomy 14:1:5Deut.14.1.W5TAB
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 tit-go-de-DU
- clause
LO tit-go-de-DU ve-LO-ta-SEE-mu kor-KHA BEIN ei-NE-khem la-MET
- sentence
ba-NEEM a-TEM la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem LO tit-go-de-DU ve-LO-ta-SEE-mu kor-KHA BEIN ei-NE-khem la-MET
Exegesis
Two coordinated prohibitions follow: lo titgodedu {לֹא תִתְגֹּדְדוּ | lōʾ tit-gō-ḏe-ḏū} ‘do not cut yourselves’ in the Hitpael imperfect, and velo tasimu {וְלֹא תָשִׂימוּ | wə-lōʾ tā-śîmū} ‘and do not put’ in the Qal imperfect, expressing ongoing interdiction.
In context — Deuteronomy 14:1
You are sons of the LORD your God ; you shall not cut yourselves, and you shall not make a baldness between your eyes for the dead.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:1:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 14:1, 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 Deut.14.1.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.1.W5.S1) and character.