Ezekiel 18:7:2Ezek.18.7.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 yo-NE
- clause
ve-ISH LO yo-NE kha-vo-la-TO KHOV ya-SHIV ge-ze-LA LO yig-ZOL
- 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 context — Ezekiel 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.