Exodus 21:10:6Exod.21.10.W6TAB
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 yig-RA
- clause
she-e-RAH ke-soo-TAH ve-o-na-TAH LO yig-RA
- sentence
im-a-KHE-ret yi-kakh-LO she-e-RAH ke-soo-TAH ve-o-na-TAH LO yig-RA
Exegesis
The prohibition is expressed by lo {לֹא | lōʾ} 'not' plus the imperfect yigra {יִגְרָע | yigrāʿ} 'he shall diminish'. The English rendering maintains the Hebrew asyndeton with a parallel series and preserves the protasis–apodosis structure to reflect the conditional legal framework.
Root and etymology
“female servant, slave”
In context — Exodus 21:10
If he takes another wife for himself, he must not diminish her food , her clothing, or her marital rights .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:10:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Exodus 21:10, 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.21.10.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.10.W6.S1) and character.