Deuteronomy 15:16:4Deut.15.16.W4TAB

לֹ֥א

lo

I will not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/loː/

Meaning by language

English
I will not

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. phraseyour reading level

    LO e-TSE

  3. clause

    ve-ha-YA ki-yo-MAR e-LE-kha LO e-TSE me-im-MAKH

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-YA ki-yo-MAR e-LE-kha LO e-TSE me-im-MAKH KI a-HEV-kha ve-ET-BEI-tekha ki-TOV LO im-MAKH

Exegesis

The negative lo1 {לֹ֥א | lōʾ} negates etze {אֵצֵ֖א | ʾē-ṣēʾ}, “I will go out,” and the prepositional phrase meimmakh {מֵעִמָּ֑ךְ | mê-ʿim-mākh} indicates separation.

In contextDeuteronomy 15:16

And it shall be if he says to you, “I will not go out from you” because he loves you and your house since it is good for him with you.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 15:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 15:16, so the Hebrew word לֹ֥א (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.15.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.16.W4.S1) and character.