וְלֹ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְלֹ֥א

   ve-LO

   and not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְלֹ֥א יִקָּרֵ֖חַ

   ve-LO yik-ka-RE-akh

   and not he will make himself bald
3. clause🔊 וְלֹֽא־יִסְפְּד֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֣א יִתְגֹּדַ֔ד וְלֹ֥א יִקָּרֵ֖חַ לָהֶֽם׃

   ve-LO-yis-pe-DU la-HEM ve-LO yit-go-DAD ve-LO yik-ka-RE-akh la-HEM

   and not they will lament for them and not he will cut himself and not he will make himself bald for them
4. sentence🔊 וּמֵ֨תוּ גְדֹלִ֧ים וּקְטַנִּ֛ים בָּאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את לֹ֣א יִקָּבֵ֑רוּ וְלֹֽא־יִסְפְּד֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם וְלֹ֣א יִתְגֹּדַ֔ד וְלֹ֥א יִקָּרֵ֖חַ לָהֶֽם׃

   u-ME-tu ge-do-LIM u-ke-ta-NIM ba-A-rets ha-ZOT LO yik-ka-VE-ru ve-LO-yis-pe-DU la-HEM ve-LO yit-go-DAD ve-LO yik-ka-RE-akh la-HEM

   and they will die great ones and small ones in the land this not they will be buried and not they will lament for them and not he will cut himself and not he will make himself bald for them

Exegesis

A series of negative imperfect verbs—yiqqāḇērû {יִקָּבֵרוּ | yiqqāḇērû} ‘they shall not be buried’, wə-lōʾ-yispəḏû {וְלֹא־יִסְפְּדוּ | wə-lōʾ yispəḏû} ‘nor shall they lament’, wə-lōʾ-yitgōḏad {וְלֹא יִתְגֹּדַד | wə-lōʾ yitgōḏad} ‘nor shall one cut himself’, wə-lōʾ-yiqqārēaḥ {וְלֹא יִקָּרֵחַ | wə-lōʾ yiqqārēaḥ} ‘nor shall one make himself bald’—creates a rhythmic parallelism that highlights the complete absence of customary mourning practices as a symbol of communal isolation under divine judgment.