לֹֽא־תֵשֵׁ֣ב

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹֽא־תֵשֵׁ֣ב

   lo-te-SHEV

   it will not be inhabited or dwelt in
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹֽא־תֵשֵׁ֣ב לָנֶ֔צַח

   lo-te-SHEV la-NE-tsakh

   it will not be inhabited or dwelt in forever
3. clause🔊 לֹֽא־תֵשֵׁ֣ב לָנֶ֔צַח וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁכֹּ֖ן עַד־דּ֣וֹר וָד֑וֹר

   lo-te-SHEV la-NE-tsakh ve-LO tish-ke-KHON ad-DOR va-DOR

   it will not be inhabited or dwelt in forever and not it will be dwelt in unto generation and generation
4. sentence🔊 לֹֽא־תֵשֵׁ֣ב לָנֶ֔צַח וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁכֹּ֖ן עַד־דּ֣וֹר וָד֑וֹר וְלֹֽא־יַהֵ֥ל שָׁם֙ עֲרָבִ֔י וְרֹעִ֖ים לֹא־יַרְבִּ֥צוּ שָֽׁם׃

   lo-te-SHEV la-NE-tsakh ve-LO tish-ke-KHON ad-DOR va-DOR ve-lo-ya-HEL SHAM a-ra-VI ve-ro-IM lo-yar-BI-tsu SHAM

   it will not be inhabited or dwelt in forever and not it will be dwelt in unto generation and generation and no will pitch tent there an Arab and shepherds will not make lie down there

Exegesis

The verse unfolds as a sequence of negated clauses introduced by lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’, establishing an emphatic parallelism that conveys total desolation.

The first pair of clauses employs the Qal imperfect verbs teshev {תֵשֵׁב | te-šêḇ} ‘dwell’ and tishkon {תִשְׁכֹּן | tiš-qōn} ‘abide’, modified by the temporal expressions lanetsach {לָנֶצַח | lā-nê-ṣāḥ} ‘forever’ and ad dor va-dor {עַד־דּוֹר וָדֹר | ʿad dōr wā-dōr} ‘from generation to generation’, reinforcing ongoing uninhabitability.