Genesis 16:1:4Gen.16.1.W4TAB
לֹ֥א
lo
“had not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- had 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 ya-le-DA
- clause
ve-sa-RAI E-shet av-RAM LO ya-le-DA LO
- sentence
ve-sa-RAI E-shet av-RAM LO ya-le-DA LO ve-LAH shif-KHA mits-RIT u-she-MAH ha-GAR
Exegesis
The negation lo yaldah lo {לֹא יָלְדָה לוֹ | lōʾ yāl-dəh lō}, a negative perfect with the particle lo preceding the verb, describes Sarai’s ongoing state of barrenness and places Abram as the indirect object.
Root and etymology
Rootl-ʾ-k
“to send, commission”
In context — Genesis 16:1
Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not borne him any child. She had a servant , an Egyptian, named Hagar.
About this coordinate
Genesis 16:1:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 16:1, 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.16.1.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.1.W4.S1) and character.