Exodus 20:3:1Exod.20.3.W1TAB
לֹֽ֣א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loː/
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 yih-YEH-le-KHA
- sentence
LO yih-YEH-le-KHA e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM al-pa-NAI
Exegesis
The verse opens with the negative particle lo {לֹֽ֣א | lōʾ} ‘not’ followed by the Qal imperfect yihyeh {יִהְיֶֽה | yih-yéh} and the dative suffix lekha {לְךָ֛֩ | lə-ḵā}, forming the Hebrew idiom ‘shall be to you’ which is rendered by the verb “have.”
Root and etymology
Rootlamed-aleph-kaph
“to do work”
In context — Exodus 20:3
You shall not have other gods before Me .
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 20:3, so the Hebrew word לֹֽ֣א (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.20.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.3.W1.S1) and character.