Isaiah 23:13:6Isa.23.13.W6TAB
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 ha-YA
- clause
HEN E-rets kas-de-DIM ZE ha-AM LO ha-YA a-SHUR ye-sa-DA le-tsi-YIM
- sentence
HEN E-rets kas-de-DIM ZE ha-AM LO ha-YA a-SHUR ye-sa-DA le-tsi-YIM he-ki-MU be-khi-NA-yv va-khu-NA-yv o-re-RU ar-me-no-TE-ha sa-MA le-map-pe-LA
Exegesis
The nominal clause zeh ha-am lōʾ hayah {זֶה הָעָם לֹא הָיָה | zēh hā-ʿām lōʾ hā-yāh} ‘this people did not exist’ uses the Qal perfect of hayah as a stative copula with negation lo.
Root and etymology
m-l-ʾmem–lamed–aleph
“to fill, supply”
In context — Isaiah 23:13
Behold, the land of the Chaldeans —this people did not exist; Assyria founded it for desert creatures, they set up its watchtowers, they stripped her palaces , and made it a ruin.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 23:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 23:13, 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 Isa.23.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.23.13.W6.S1) and character.