לֹ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹ֣א

   LO

   not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֣א לָקָ֔ח

   LO la-KHAKH

   not he took
3. clause🔊 מֵעָנִ֞י הֵשִׁ֣יב יָד֗וֹ נֶ֤שֶׁךְ וְתַרְבִּית֙ לֹ֣א לָקָ֔ח מִשְׁפָּטַ֣י עָשָׂ֔ה בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֖י הָלָ֑ךְ

   me-a-NI he-SHIV ya-DO NE-shekh ve-tar-BIT LO la-KHAKH mish-pa-TAI a-SA be-khu-kko-TAI ha-LAKH

   from affliction or oppression he turns back his hand interest or usury and profit or increase not he took my judgments or ordinances he did in my statutes he walked
4. sentence🔊 מֵעָנִ֞י הֵשִׁ֣יב יָד֗וֹ נֶ֤שֶׁךְ וְתַרְבִּית֙ לֹ֣א לָקָ֔ח מִשְׁפָּטַ֣י עָשָׂ֔ה בְּחֻקּוֹתַ֖י הָלָ֑ךְ ה֗וּא לֹ֥א יָמ֛וּת בַּעֲוֺ֥ן אָבִ֖יו חָיֹ֥ה יִחְיֶֽה׃

   me-a-NI he-SHIV ya-DO NE-shekh ve-tar-BIT LO la-KHAKH mish-pa-TAI a-SA be-khu-kko-TAI ha-LAKH HU LO ya-MUT ba-a-VON a-VIV kha-YO yikh-YE

   from affliction or oppression he turns back his hand interest or usury and profit or increase not he took my judgments or ordinances he did in my statutes he walked he not he will die for the iniquity of his father living he will live

Exegesis

lo tarbit, the repetitive lo {לֹא | lō} emphasizing prohibition.

The concluding clause contrasts the protasis lo yamut baavon aviv {לֹא יָמוּת בַּעֲוֹן אָבִיו | lō yā-mūt ba-ʿă-vōn ʾā-vîw} ‘he will not die for his father’s iniquity’ with the conclusion chayoh yichyeh {חָיֹה יִחְיֶֽה | ḥā-yō yiḥ-yēh}, where the infinitive absolute chayoh intensifies the imperfect yichyeh to express certainty of life.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh

“to say, utter”

• 🔊 אָמַר’āmarhe saidGenesis 1:3