Exodus 20:25:4Exod.20.25.W4TAB
לֹֽא־תִבְנֶ֥ה
lohtivneh
“you shall not build”
- Transliteration
- loh-tiv-NEH
- Extended
- loh-tiv-NEH
- IPA
- /loː.θivˈne/
Meaning by language
- English
- you shall not build
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| 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-tiv-NEH
- phraseyour reading level
loh-tiv-NEH et-HEN
- clause
veh-IM-miz-BAKH a-va-NIM ta-ah-seh-LEE loh-tiv-NEH et-HEN gah-ZEET
- sentence
veh-IM-miz-BAKH a-va-NIM ta-ah-seh-LEE loh-tiv-NEH et-HEN gah-ZEET KEE khar-be-KHAH he-NAF-TAA a-LE-ha va-te-khal-LE-ha
Exegesis
The apodosis lō tivneh ethen gazit {לֹֽא־תִבְנֶ֥ה אֶתְהֶ֖ן גָּזִ֑ית | lōʾ tiv-neh ʾĕṯ-hēn gā-zît} ‘you shall not build them with hewn stones’ delivers the prohibition.
Root and etymology
l-ʾlamed–aleph
“not, negation”
In context — Exodus 20:25
And if you make an altar of stones for Me , you shall not build it with hewn stones, for if you lift your tool against it, you will profane it.
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:25:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 20:25, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־תִבְנֶ֥ה (lohtivneh) 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.20.25.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.25.W4.S1) and character.