Isaiah 22:11:13Isa.22.11.W13TAB

לֹ֥א

lo

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Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/ˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
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Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO re-i-TEM

  3. clause

    ve-LO hi-BAT-tem el-o-SE-ha ve-yots-RA me-ra-KHOK LO re-i-TEM

  4. sentence

    u-mik-VE a-si-TEM BEN ha-kho-mo-TA-yim le-ME ha-be-re-KHA ha-ye-sha-NA ve-LO hi-BAT-tem el-o-SE-ha ve-yots-RA me-ra-KHOK LO re-i-TEM

Exegesis

Merachok {מֵרָחוֹק | mê-rā-ḥōq} coupled with lo reitem {לֹא רְאִיתֶם | lōʾ rᵉ-ʾî-ṯem} underscores temporal distance and visual indifference.

Root and etymology

m-l-ʾmem–lamed–aleph

to fill

In contextIsaiah 22:11

And you made a reservoir between the two walls for the waters of the old pool, but you did not look to Him who made it, nor did you see Him who formed it long ago.

About this coordinate

Isaiah 22:11:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Isaiah 22:11, 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 Isa.22.11.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.11.W13.S1) and character.