Ezekiel 18:16:2Ezek.18.16.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 ho-NA
- clause
ve-ISH LO ho-NA kha-VOL LO kha-VAL u-ge-ZE-la LO ga-ZAL
- sentence
ve-ISH LO ho-NA kha-VOL LO kha-VAL u-ge-ZE-la LO ga-ZAL lakh-MO le-ra-EV na-TAN ve-e-ROM ki-SA-va-GED
Exegesis
The negation particle lo {לֹא | lō}: ‘not’ recurs before each verb honah {הוֹנָה | hō-nāh}: ‘oppress’, chaval {חָבָל | ḥā-ḇāl}: ‘take a pledge’, and gazal {גָזָל | gā-zāl}: ‘rob’, forming a structured series of prohibitions.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say, utter”
In context — Ezekiel 18:16
He has not oppressed any man, has not taken a pledge , nor committed robbery, but has given his bread to the hungry and covered the naked with a garment.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:16:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 18:16, 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.18.16.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.16.W2.S1) and character.