Genesis 15:10:11Gen.15.10.W11TAB

לֹ֥א

lo

did not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/ˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
did 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 va-TAR

  3. clause

    ve-et-ha-tsi-POR LO va-TAR

  4. sentence

    va-yik-kakh-LO et-kol-EL-leh va-ye-vat-TER o-TAM bat-TA-vekh va-yit-TEN ish-bit-RO lik-ra-AT re-E-hu ve-et-ha-tsi-POR LO va-TAR

Exegesis

The fronting of the direct object in ve-et hatsippor lo vatar {וְאֶת־הַצִפֹּ֖ר לֹ֥א בָתָֽר | wə-ʾeṯ haṣ-ṣip-pôr lōʾ bā-ṯar} creates contrast, indicating that the bird remains undivided.

In contextGenesis 15:10

And he took all these and divided them in the middle, and he placed each part opposite its companion , but he did not divide the bird.

About this coordinate

Genesis 15:10:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 15:10, 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 Gen.15.10.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.10.W11.S1) and character.