Ezekiel 18:15:2Ezek.18.15.W2TAB
לֹ֣א
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 a-KHAL
- clause
al-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL
- sentence
al-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL et-E-shet re-E-hu LO tim-ME
Exegesis
The verse is structured as three parallel negative clauses each marked by lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’, defining righteousness by total abstention.
The second clause, introduced by ve-einav lo nasa {וְעֵינָיו֙ לֹ֣א נָשָׂ֔א | wə-ʿê-nāw lō nā-śāʾ}, shifts to cognitive restraint from looking at gillulei {גִּלּוּלֵ֖י | gil-lū-lê} ‘idols’, with nasa {נָשָׂ֔א | nā-śāʾ} ‘lift’ plus el {אֶל־ | ʾel}.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say, utter”
In context — Ezekiel 18:15
He has not eaten upon the mountains , nor lifted his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defiled his neighbor’s wife .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 18:15, 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.18.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.15.W2.S1) and character.