Deuteronomy 21:7:9Deut.21.7.W9TAB
לֹ֥א
lo
“did not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- did 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 ra-U
- clause
ya-DEI-nu LO shaf-KHU et-ha-DAM ha-ZEH ve-ei-NEI-nu LO ra-U
- sentence
ve-a-NU ve-am-RU ya-DEI-nu LO shaf-KHU et-ha-DAM ha-ZEH ve-ei-NEI-nu LO ra-U
Exegesis
The negative particle lōʾ {לֹא | lōʾ} precedes both šāpəḵû {שָׁפְכוּ | šāpəḵû} ‘have shed’ and rāʾû {רָאוּ | rāʾû} ‘have seen’, reinforcing denial.
In context — Deuteronomy 21:7
And they shall answer and say, “We did not spill this blood , and we did not witness it.”
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Deuteronomy 21:7, 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.21.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.7.W9.S1) and character.