Genesis 18:30:11Gen.18.30.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 im-em-TSA SHAM she-lo-SHIM
- sentence
va-yo-MER al-NA yi-KHAR la-do-NAI va-a-da-BE-ra u-LAI yim-ma-tse-UN SHAM she-lo-SHIM va-yo-MER LO e-e-SE im-em-TSA SHAM she-lo-SHIM
Exegesis
In the reply, lo e’eseh {לֹא אֶעֱשֶׂה | lōʾ ʾe-ʿe-śeh} ‘I will not do’ is conditioned by im emtsa {אִם־אֶמְצָא | ʾim-ʾem-ṣāʾ} ‘if I find’, forming a clear conditional protasis and apodosis, with sham sheloshim {שָׁם שְׁלֹשִׁים | šām šə-lō-šîm} again specifying “there, thirty.” The Hebrew discourse structure alternates respectful human petition with concise divine assurances, progressively narrowing the number while maintaining the pattern of conditional mercy.
Root and etymology
Rootpe-lamed-aleph
“to be marvelous, extraordinary”
In context — Genesis 18:30
And he said, “Please, do not let Your anger burn, O Lord , and let me speak. Perhaps thirty will be found there.” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:30:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 18:30, 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.18.30.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.30.W11.S1) and character.