Ezekiel 18:6:5Ezek.18.6.W5TAB
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 na-SA
- clause
el-ha-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAIV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL
- sentence
el-ha-he-ha-RIM LO a-KHAL ve-e-NAIV LO na-SA el-gil-lu-LE BET yis-ra-EL ve-et-E-shet re-E-hu LO tim-ME ve-el-ish-SHA nid-DA LO yik-RAV
Exegesis
The verse employs four parallel prohibitions introduced by lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’.
The clause ve-einav lo nasa {וְעֵינָיו֙ לֹא נָשָׂא | wə-ʿê-nāw lō nā-śāʾ} ‘nor lift his eyes’ metaphorically indicates seeking idols, with gillulei {גִּלּוּלֵ֖י | gil-lū-lê} ‘idols’ specifying the objects.
The final clause ve-el ishah niddah lo yikrav {וְאֶל־אִשָּׁ֥ה נִדָּ֖ה לֹ֥א יִקְרָֽב | wə-ʾel i ššā nid-dā lō yiq-rāḇ} prohibits approach to a menstruous woman, with niddah {נִדָּה | nid-dā} ‘menstrual impurity’ as the governing noun. The parallel structure underscores comprehensive moral purity.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say, utter”
In context — Ezekiel 18:6
He does not eat upon the mountains , nor lift his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, nor defile the wife of his neighbor, nor approach a woman in her menstrual impurity .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:6:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 18:6, 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.18.6.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.6.W5.S1) and character.