Exodus 16:18:7Exod.16.18.W7TAB
לֹ֣א
lo
“did not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
LO
- phraseyour reading level
LO he-khe-SEER
- clause
va-ya-MOD-du va-O-mer ve-LO he-ed-DEEF ha-mar-BEH ve-ha-mam-EET LO he-khe-SEER
- sentence
va-ya-MOD-du va-O-mer ve-LO he-ed-DEEF ha-mar-BEH ve-ha-mam-EET LO he-khe-SEER EESH le-fee-okh-LO la-ka-TU
Exegesis
Two antithetic clauses follow, each introduced by velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} “and not.”
Root and etymology
’-m-raleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Exodus 16:18
When they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have surplus , and the one who gathered little did not have shortage ; each man gathered according to his eating.
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:18:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 16:18, 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 Exod.16.18.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.18.W7.S1) and character.