Ezekiel 22:24:5Ezek.22.24.W5TAB

לֹ֥א

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 me-to-ha-RA

  3. clause

    ben-A-dam e-MAR-la AT E-rets LO me-to-ha-RA HI

  4. sentence

    ben-A-dam e-MAR-la AT E-rets LO me-to-ha-RA HI LO gu-she-MA be-YOM ZA-am

Exegesis

Two parallel negations lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ combine with the participle metoharah {מְטֹהָרָה | mə-ṭō-hā-rā} ‘cleansed’ and the perfect passive gushmah {גֻשְׁמָהּ | gušmāh} ‘rained upon,’ highlighting spiritual impurity and physical barrenness.

Root and etymology

א-מ-ר

say

In contextEzekiel 22:24

Son of Man, say to her, “You are a land that has not been cleansed , nor has rain fallen on you in the day of indignation .”

About this coordinate

Ezekiel 22:24:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 22:24, so the Hebrew word לֹ֥א (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.22.24.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.22.24.W5.S1) and character.