Genesis 15:13:9Gen.15.13.W9TAB
לֹ֣א
lo
“that is not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- that is 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 la-HEM
- clause
va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM
- sentence
va-YO-mer le-av-RAM ya-DO-a te-DA ki-GER yi-he-YE za-re-a-KHA be-E-rets LO la-HEM va-a-va-DUM ve-i-NU o-TAM a-re-BA me-OT sha-NA
Exegesis
The phrase be-erets lo lahem {בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙ לֹ֣א לָהֶ֔ם | bə-ʾe-reṣ lō lā-hem} expresses ‘in a land not their own,’ rendered ‘in a land that is not theirs.’
In context — Genesis 15:13
And He said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and they will serve them, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:13:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 15:13, 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 Gen.15.13.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.13.W9.S1) and character.