Ezekiel 13:9:17Ezek.13.9.W17TAB

לֹ֣א

lo

not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/loː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO ya-VO-u

  3. clause

    ve-ha-ye-TA ya-DI el-ha-ne-vi-IM ha-kho-ZIM SHAV-e ve-ha-kko-se-MIM ka-ZAV be-SOD a-MI lo-yih-YU u-vikh-TAV beit-yis-ra-EL LO yik-ka-te-VU ve-el-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL LO ya-VO-u

  4. sentence

    ve-ha-ye-TA ya-DI el-ha-ne-vi-IM ha-kho-ZIM SHAV-e ve-ha-kko-se-MIM ka-ZAV be-SOD a-MI lo-yih-YU u-vikh-TAV beit-yis-ra-EL LO yik-ka-te-VU ve-el-ad-MAT yis-ra-EL LO ya-VO-u vi-da-e-TEM KI a-NI a-do-NAI Ye-ho-VAH

Exegesis

Three successive negations lo-yihyu {לֹא־יִהְיוּ | lōʾ-yi-ḥyû}, lo-yikatevu {לֹא יִכָּתֵ֔בוּ | lōʾ-yiḵ-kā-ṯê-ḇû}, and lo-yavo’u {לֹא יָבֹ֑אוּ | lōʾ-yā-bōʾû} frame exclusion from the council, registry, and land of Israel.

Root and etymology

ʾ-m-raleph–mem–resh

to say, declare

In contextEzekiel 13:9

And my hand shall be against the prophets who see vanity and the diviners of lies; they shall not be in the council of my people, nor shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 13:9:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Ezekiel 13:9, so the Hebrew word לֹ֣א (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 Ezek.13.9.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.13.9.W17.S1) and character.