Genesis 18:29:11Gen.18.29.W11TAB
לֹ֣א
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 e-e-SE
- clause
va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE ba-a-VUR ha-ar-ba-IM
- sentence
va-yo-SEF OD le-dab-BER e-LAV va-yo-MAR u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM ar-ba-IM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE ba-a-VUR ha-ar-ba-IM
Exegesis
The second clause begins again with vayomer, now introducing the divine response, with lo ʾeʿeseh {לֹא אֶעֱשֶׂה | lō ʾe-ʿe-seh} ‘I will not do’ leaving the object implicit but clearly referring to the planned destruction.
Root and etymology
Rootpe-lamed-aleph
“to be marvelous, extraordinary”
In context — Genesis 18:29
And he continued speaking to Him , and said, “Perhaps forty might be found there.” And He said, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:29:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 18:29, 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.18.29.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.29.W11.S1) and character.