Genesis 15:3:5Gen.15.3.W5TAB
לֹ֥א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 na-tat-TA
- clause
va-YO-mer av-RAM HEN LI LO na-tat-TA ZA-ra
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-RAM HEN LI LO na-tat-TA ZA-ra ve-hin-NE ven-bey-TI yo-RESH o-TI
Exegesis
The early placement of li {לִי | lî} ‘to me’ foregrounds Abram’s personal stake before the negated perfect lo natatta {לֹא נָתַתָּה | lōʾ nāṯattā} ‘You have not given’, heightening emotional tension.
In context — Genesis 15:3
And Abram said, “Look, to me You have not given offspring , and look, a son of my household will inherit me.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 15:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 15:3, 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.15.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.15.3.W5.S1) and character.