Ezekiel 20:13:5Ezek.20.13.W5TAB

לֹֽא־הָלָ֙כוּ֙

lohalakhu

they did not walk

Transliteration
LO-ha-la-KHU
Extended
LOH-haa-laa-KHUU
IPA
/loː.haː.laˈχuː/

Meaning by language

English
they did not walk

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Result
לֹֽא + הָ + לָ֙ + כוּ֙
lo + ha + la + khu
lohalakhu

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Qametslong 'ah'
Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO-ha-la-KHU

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-khu-ko-TAI LO-ha-la-KHU

  3. clause

    va-yam-RU-VI BEIT-yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR be-khu-ko-TAI LO-ha-la-KHU ve-et-mish-pa-TAI ma-A-SU a-SHER ya-a-SE o-TAM ha-a-DAM va-KHAI ba-HEM ve-et-shab-be-to-TAI khil-le-LU me-OD

  4. sentence

    va-yam-RU-VI BEIT-yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR be-khu-ko-TAI LO-ha-la-KHU ve-et-mish-pa-TAI ma-A-SU a-SHER ya-a-SE o-TAM ha-a-DAM va-KHAI ba-HEM ve-et-shab-be-to-TAI khil-le-LU me-OD va-o-MAR lish-POKH kha-ma-TI a-le-HEM ba-mid-BAR le-khal-lo-TAM

Exegesis

Verbal contrast between lo-halachu {לֹא־הָלָכוּ | lō-ḥā-lā-ḵū} ‘they did not walk’ and māʼasu {מָאָסוּ | mā-ʾă-sū} ‘they despised’ reinforces disobedience.

In contextEzekiel 20:13

But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they did not walk in My statutes , and they despised My judgments, which, if a man does them, he shall live by them; and they greatly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out My wrath upon them in the wilderness to consume them.

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 20:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 20:13, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־הָלָ֙כוּ֙ (lohalakhu) 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.20.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.13.W5.S1) and character.