Deuteronomy 14:12:3Deut.14.12.W3TAB
לֹֽא־תֹאכְל֖וּ
lotoakhlu
“you shall not eat”
- Transliteration
- lo-to-akh-LU
- Extended
- LOH-toh-akh-LOO
- IPA
- /loː.to.ʔaxˈluː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall not eat
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
lo-to-akh-LU
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-to-akh-LU
- clause
ve-ZEH a-SHER lo-to-akh-LU me-HEM
- sentence
ve-ZEH a-SHER lo-to-akh-LU me-HEM ha-NE-sher ve-ha-PE-res ve-ha-az-ni-YA
Exegesis
Asher {אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ă-šer} ‘which’ initiates the relative clause, immediately followed by the negation lo {לֹֽא־ | lō} plus the imperfect tokhlu {תֹאכְּל֖וּ | tō-khu-lū} ‘you shall eat’ to form a prohibitive statement.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-kaf-lamed
“to eat, consume”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:12
And this is what you are not to eat from among them: the eagle, the vulture, and the black vulture.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 14:12, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־תֹאכְל֖וּ (lotoakhlu) 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.14.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.12.W3.S1) and character.