לֹ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹ֣א

   LO

   not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֣א עָזָ֑בוּ

   LO a-za-VU

   not they forsook
3. clause🔊 וַיְמָרֲרוּ־בִ֗י וְלֹ֤א אָב֙וּ֙ לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ אֵלַ֔י אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־שִׁקּוּצֵ֤י עֵֽינֵיהֶם֙ לֹ֣א הִשְׁלִ֔יכוּ וְאֶת־גִּלּוּלֵ֥י מִצְרַ֖יִם לֹ֣א עָזָ֑בוּ

   va-ye-ma-ra-RU-VI ve-LO A-VU lish-MO-a E-LAI ISH et-shik-ku-TSEI e-ne-HEM LO hish-li-KHU ve-et-gil-lu-LEI mits-ra-YIM LO a-za-VU

   and they rebelled against me and not they were willing to listen to me a man the detestable things of their eyes not they threw away and the idols of Egypt not they forsook
4. sentence🔊 וַיְמָרֲרוּ־בִ֗י וְלֹ֤א אָב֙וּ֙ לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ אֵלַ֔י אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־שִׁקּוּצֵ֤י עֵֽינֵיהֶם֙ לֹ֣א הִשְׁלִ֔יכוּ וְאֶת־גִּלּוּלֵ֥י מִצְרַ֖יִם לֹ֣א עָזָ֑בוּ וָאֹמַ֞ר לִשְׁפֹּ֧ךְ חֲמָתִ֛י עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לְכַלּ֣וֹת אַפִּ֣י בָּהֶ֗ם בְּת֨וֹךְ אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

   va-ye-ma-ra-RU-VI ve-LO A-VU lish-MO-a E-LAI ISH et-shik-ku-TSEI e-ne-HEM LO hish-li-KHU ve-et-gil-lu-LEI mits-ra-YIM LO a-za-VU va-o-MAR lish-POKH kha-ma-TI a-le-HEM le-khal-LOT A-PI ba-HEM be-TOKH E-rets mits-ra-YIM

   and they rebelled against me and not they were willing to listen to me a man the detestable things of their eyes not they threw away and the idols of Egypt not they forsook and I said to pour out my wrath upon them to complete or to finish my anger against them or in them in the midst of land of Egypt

Exegesis

A second negation lōʾ hišlikhu {לֹא הִשְׁלִיכוּ | lōʾ hiš-liḵû} mirrors the first to emphasize their persistence, while the construct chain wə-ʾēṯ-gilullei miṣrāyim {וְאֶת־גִּלּוּלֵי מִצְרָיִם | wə-ʾēṯ gil-lu-lê miṣ-rā-yim} ‘and the idols of Egypt’ specifies the objects of their loyalty.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־מ־רAleph, Mem, Resh

“to say, speak”

• 🔊 אָמַרʾā-mârhe saidGenesis 1:3