Ezekiel 15:5:4Ezek.15.5.W4TAB
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 ye-a-SE
- clause
hi-NE bi-he-yo-TO ta-MIM LO ye-a-SE lim-la-a-KHA
- sentence
hi-NE bi-he-yo-TO ta-MIM LO ye-a-SE lim-la-a-KHA AF ki-ESH a-kha-lat-HU va-ye-KHAR ve-na-a-SA OD lim-la-a-KHA
Exegesis
The negative passive lo yeaseh limelakhah {לֹ֥א יֵֽעָשֶׂ֖ה לִמְלָאכָ֑ה | lō yē-‘ā-śeh li-mə-lā-ḵāh} in the Niphal imperfect conveys inability—“it is not made for work.”
Root and etymology
m-l-ʼ
“work, task”
In context — Ezekiel 15:5
Behold, when it was whole , it was not fit for any work ; how much less, after fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be fit for any work?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 15:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 15:5, 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 Ezek.15.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.15.5.W4.S1) and character.