Ezekiel 18:7:2Ezek.18.7.W2TAB

לֹ֣א

lo

not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/ˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO yo-NE

  3. clause

    ve-ISH LO yo-NE kha-vo-la-TO KHOV ya-SHIV ge-ze-LA LO yig-ZOL

  4. sentence

    ve-ISH LO yo-NE kha-vo-la-TO KHOV ya-SHIV ge-ze-LA LO yig-ZOL lakh-MO le-ra-EV yit-TEN ve-e-ROM ye-kha-SE-ba-GED

Exegesis

The clause ve’ish lo yōneh {וְאִישׁ לֹא יוֹנֶה | və-’îš lō yō-neh} “a man does not oppress” uses the Qal imperfect yō-neh to convey habitual action.

Two parallel negatives, gəzēlāh lō yigzōl {גְּזֵלָה לֹא יִגְזֹל | gə-zē-lāh lō yig-zōl}, reinforce the prohibition against theft.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–mem–resh

to say, utter

In contextEzekiel 18:7

And he does not oppress any man, he restores his pledge to the debtor, does not commit robbery , gives his bread to the hungry, and covers the naked with a garment .

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 18:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 18:7, 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.18.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.7.W2.S1) and character.