Exodus 23:6:1Exod.23.6.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 tat-TEH
- sentence
LO tat-TEH mish-PAT ev-yon-KHA be-ri-VO
Exegesis
The verse opens with the negation particle lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’, immediately followed by the verb tateh {תַטֶּה | ṭaṭṭêh} ‘turn aside’, whose Hiphil stem adds a forceful, causative prohibition.
Root and etymology
š-l-ḥshin–lamed–het
“to send”
In context — Exodus 23:6
You must not turn aside the justice of your poor in his dispute.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:6:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 23:6, 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.23.6.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.6.W1.S1) and character.