Deuteronomy 14:21:1Deut.14.21.W1TAB
לֹ֣א
lo
“You shall not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- You shall 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 to-akh-LU kol-ne-VE-lah
- clause
LO to-akh-LU kol-ne-VE-lah la-GER a-SHER-bish-a-RE-kha tit-te-NE-na va-a-kha-LAH O ma-KHOR le-nokh-RI KI AM ka-DOSH a-TA la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
LO to-akh-LU kol-ne-VE-lah la-GER a-SHER-bish-a-RE-kha tit-te-NE-na va-a-kha-LAH O ma-KHOR le-nokh-RI KI AM ka-DOSH a-TA la-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LO-te-va-SHEL ge-DEE ba-kha-LEV im-MO
Exegesis
The Hebrew opens with the prohibitive particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ followed by an imperfect verb to form a negative command “you shall not eat.”
In context — Deuteronomy 14:21
You must not eat any carcass ; you may give it to the sojourner in your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a people set apart to the LORD your God . You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 14:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Deuteronomy 14:21, 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.14.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.14.21.W1.S1) and character.