Exodus 20:17:1Exod.20.17.W1TAB
לֹ֥א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 takh-MOD
- clause
LO takh-MOD BEIT re-E-kha
- sentence
LO takh-MOD BEIT re-E-kha lo-takh-MOD E-shet re-E-kha ve-av-DO va-a-ma-TO ve-sho-RO va-kha-mo-RO ve-KHOL a-SHER le-re-E-kha
Exegesis
The verse presents a single apodictic prohibition marked by lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ followed by the imperfect of tachmod {תַחְמֹד | taḥ-mōḏ} ‘to covet,’ indicating an ongoing injunction.
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-aleph-kaph
“to do work”
In context — Exodus 20:17
You shall not covet the house of your neighbor ; you shall not covet the wife of your neighbor, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 20:17, 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 Exod.20.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.17.W1.S1) and character.