Ezekiel 16:4:14Ezek.16.4.W14TAB
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 khu-TAL-te
- clause
ve-ha-me-LE-akh LO hum-la-KHAT-te ve-ha-khte-L LO khu-TAL-te
- sentence
u-mo-le-do-TA-yikh be-YOM hu-LE-det o-TAKH lo-KAR-rat sha-REKH u-ve-ma-YIM lo-ru-KHATS-te le-mish-E ve-ha-me-LE-akh LO hum-la-KHAT-te ve-ha-khte-L LO khu-TAL-te
Exegesis
A series of four negated perfect verbs—lo-kārat {לֹא־כָרַת | lō-kār-rat}, lo-ru-ḥaṣ-tet {לֹא־רֻחַצְתְּ | lō-ru-ḥaṣ-tet}, lo-hum-la-ḥat-tet {לֹא הֻמְלַחַתְּ | lō-hum-la-ḥat-tet}, lo-ḥuṭ-tal-tet {לֹא חֻתָּלְתְּ | lō-ḥuṭ-tal-tet}—underscores the absence of customary postnatal care.
Root and etymology
t-l-ʔtet–lamed–aleph
“variegated, mottled”
In context — Ezekiel 16:4
And as for your birth , on the day you were born, your cord was not cut, and you were not washed with water for cleansing , nor were you salted, and you were not swaddled.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 16:4, 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.16.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.4.W14.S1) and character.