Deuteronomy 22:19:17Deut.22.19.W17TAB

לֹא־יוּכַל

loyukhal

he shall not be able

Transliteration
LO-YU-khal
Extended
LOH-YOO-kahl
IPA
/loːjuːˈxal/

Meaning by language

English
he shall not be able

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
לֹא + יוּ + כַל
lo + yu + khal
loyukhal

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO-YU-khal

  2. clause

    LO-YU-khal le-shal-LE-khah KOL-ya-MAV

  3. sentence

    ve-an-SHU o-TO me-AH KE-sef u-ne-TA-nu la-a-VI ha-na-a-RAH KI ho-TZI SHEM RA AL be-tu-LAT yis-ra-EL ve-ti-hye-LO le-i-SHAH LO-YU-khal le-shal-LE-khah KOL-ya-MAV

Exegesis

The phrases wə·lō·tihyêhā lə·’îššāh {וְלֽוֹ־תִהְיֶ֣ה לְאִשָּׁ֔ה | wə·lō·tihyêhā lə·’îššāh} ‘and to him she shall be as wife’ and lō·yû·ḵal lə·šalləḥāh kol·yāmāv {לֹא־יוּכַ֥ל לְשַׁלְּחָהּ כָּל־יָמָֽיו | lō·yû·ḵal lə·šalləḥāh kol·yāmāv} ‘he shall not be able to send her away all his days’ employ the negative particle lō with the imperfect to express a permanent prohibition, reflecting the verse’s legal injunction.

In contextDeuteronomy 22:19

And they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver , and they shall give it to the father of the young woman because he has brought out an evil name against a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife; he shall not be able to send her away all his days.

About this coordinate

Deuteronomy 22:19:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 22:19, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יוּכַל (loyukhal) 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.22.19.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.19.W17.S1) and character.