Ezekiel 16:34:6Ezek.16.34.W6TAB

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 zu-NA

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI-VAKH HE-fekh min-ha-na-SHIM be-taz-nu-TA-yikh ve-a-kha-ra-YIKH LO zu-NA

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI-VAKH HE-fekh min-ha-na-SHIM be-taz-nu-TA-yikh ve-a-kha-ra-YIKH LO zu-NA u-ve-tit-TEKH et-NAN ve-et-NAN LO nit-TAN-LAKH va-te-HI le-HE-fekh

Exegesis

The negated perfect clause ve-acharayikh lo zunah {וְאַחֲרַ֖יִךְ לֹ֣א זוּנָּ֑ה | wə-ʾa-ḥa-ra-yiḵ lōʾ zūn-nāh} indicates no one imitated her vice.

The sequence u-be-tittekh etnan ve-etnan lo nittan-lakh {וּבְתִתֵּ֣ךְ אֶתְנָ֗ן וְאֶתְנַ֛ן לֹ֥א נִתַּן־לָ֖ךְ | û-ḇə-ti-ttēḵ ʾet-nān wə-ʾet-nan lōʾ nit-tan-lāḵ} juxtaposes giving and receiving to highlight inversion.

Root and etymology

t-l-ʔtet–lamed–aleph

variegated, mottled

In contextEzekiel 16:34

And in you there was a reversal from other women in your harlotries : no one sought you out to play the harlot, and in your giving payment, payment was not given to you—so you became a reversal .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 16:34:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 16:34, 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.16.34.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.34.W6.S1) and character.