Jeremiah 13:7:12Jer.13.7.W12TAB

לֹ֥א

lo

not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/ˈloːʔ/

Meaning by language

English
not

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 yits-LAKH

  3. clause

    ve-hi-NE nish-KHAT ha-e-ZOR LO yits-LAKH la-KOL

  4. sentence

    va-e-LEKH pe-ra-TA va-e-khPOR va-e-KAKH et-ha-e-ZOR min-ha-ma-KOM a-sher-te-man-TIV SHA-ma ve-hi-NE nish-KHAT ha-e-ZOR LO yits-LAKH la-KOL

Exegesis

Finally, the negative clause lo yitslach la-kol {לֹ֥א יִצְלַ֖ח לַכֹּֽל | lōʾ yiṣ-laḥ la-kol} uses negation plus Qal imperfect to express total failure. English rendering preserves the sequential flow, relative structure, and interjective emphasis.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–mem–resh

to say

In contextJeremiah 13:7

So I went to Perath and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it; and behold, the waistband was ruined, and it would not succeed for anything.

About this coordinate

Jeremiah 13:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Jeremiah 13:7, 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.13.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.13.7.W12.S1) and character.