Exodus 20:10:6Exod.20.10.W6TAB
לֹֽ֣א־תַעֲשֶׂ֣֨ה
lohtaaseh
“you shall not do”
- Transliteration
- loh-ta-a-SEH
- Extended
- loh-tah-ah-SEH
- IPA
- /loː.ta.ʕaˈseː/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall not do
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
loh-ta-a-SEH
- phraseyour reading level
loh-ta-a-SEH kohl-meh-la-KHAH
- clause
loh-ta-a-SEH kohl-meh-la-KHAH a-TAH oo-vin-KHA-oo-vit-TEH-kha av-DE-kha va-a-MAT-kha oo-veh-hem-TE-kha ve-ger-KHA a-SHER bish-ah-REH-kha
- sentence
ve-YOM ha-she-vi-I sha-BAT la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha loh-ta-a-SEH kohl-meh-la-KHAH a-TAH oo-vin-KHA-oo-vit-TEH-kha av-DE-kha va-a-MAT-kha oo-veh-hem-TE-kha ve-ger-KHA a-SHER bish-ah-REH-kha
Exegesis
The prohibition uses lo taaseh {לֹא־תַעֲשֶׂה | lōʾ taʿă-sê} “you shall not do,” a negative imperfect verb phrase expressing modal prohibition over kol melakhah {כָל־מְלָאכָ֡֜ה | kōl mə-lā-ʾā-kāh} “all work.”
Root and etymology
ayin–sin–heʿayin–sin–he
“to do, make”
In context — Exodus 20:10
But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God . On that day you shall not do any work—neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your sojourner who is within your gates.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 20:10, so the Hebrew word לֹֽ֣א־תַעֲשֶׂ֣֨ה (lohtaaseh) 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.20.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.10.W6.S1) and character.