Genesis 15:16:6Gen.15.16.W6TAB
לֹא־שָׁלֵ֛ם
loshalem
“is not complete”
- Transliteration
- lo-sha-LEM
- Extended
- loh-shah-LEHM
- IPA
- /loː.ʃaːˈleːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- is not complete
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lo-sha-LEM
- phraseyour reading level
KI lo-sha-LEM
- clause
KI lo-sha-LEM a-VON ha-e-mo-RI ad-HEN-na
- sentence
ve-DOR re-vi-I ya-SHU-vu HEN-na KI lo-sha-LEM a-VON ha-e-mo-RI ad-HEN-na
Exegesis
Within that clause, the negative particle lo {לֹא־ | lōʾ-} ‘not’ directly negates the verbal predicate shalem {שָׁלֵ֛ם | šā-lēm} ‘is complete’, yielding the sense “is not complete.”
Root and etymology
š-l-m
“to be complete, whole”
In context — Genesis 15:16
But in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:16:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 15:16, so the Hebrew word לֹא־שָׁלֵ֛ם (loshalem) 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.15.16.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.16.W6.S1) and character.