Ezekiel 18:8:4Ezek.18.8.W4TAB
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 yik-KAKH
- clause
ba-NE-shekh lo-YI-ten ve-tar-BIT LO yik-KAKH me-O-vel ya-SHIV YA-do
- sentence
ba-NE-shekh lo-YI-ten ve-tar-BIT LO yik-KAKH me-O-vel ya-SHIV YA-do mish-PAT e-MET ya-a-SE BEN ISH le-ISH
Exegesis
This verse employs a parallel negative construction using lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ with both bannešekh {בַּנֶּשֶׁךְ | bannešeḵ} ‘interest’ and tarbîṯ {תַרְבִּית | tarbîṯ} ‘profit’, creating balanced prohibitions. The verbs yittēn (Qal imperfect) and yiqqāḥ (Qal imperfect) highlight giving and taking in economic transactions.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say, utter”
In context — Ezekiel 18:8
He does not lend at interest nor take a profit; from injustice he withdraws his hand; he executes true judgment between one person and another.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Ezekiel 18:8, 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.18.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.8.W4.S1) and character.