Jeremiah 13:1:12Jer.13.1.W12TAB
לֹ֥א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loː/
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 te-vi-E-hu
- clause
u-va-ma-YIM LO te-vi-E-hu
- sentence
ko-a-MAR Ye-ho-VAH e-LAI ha-LOKH ve-ka-NI-ta le-KHA e-ZOR pish-te-TIM ve-sam-TO al-ma-te-NE-kha u-va-ma-YIM LO te-vi-E-hu
Exegesis
The prohibition uvamayim lo tevi’ehu {וּבַמַּיִם לֹא תְבִאֵהוּ | û-va-mā-yim lōʾ tə-ḇi-ʾê-hū} employs a Hiphil imperfect with negation to express avoidant action. Hebrew syntax strings imperatives and prohibitions in tight succession, which in English is rendered as a series of direct commands preserving immediacy.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say”
In context — Jeremiah 13:1
Thus says the LORD to me: "Go and buy for yourself a linen belt and place it upon your loins , but do not bring it into water."
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 13:1:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 13:1, 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 Jer.13.1.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.1.W12.S1) and character.