Jeremiah 17:22:7Jer.17.22.W7TAB
לֹ֣א
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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The word
Word in context
- word
LO
- phraseyour reading level
LO ta-a-SU
- clause
ve-LO-to-TSI-u ma-SA mi-ba-TE-khem be-YOM ha-sha-BAT ve-KHOL-me-la-KHA LO ta-a-SU
- sentence
ve-LO-to-TSI-u ma-SA mi-ba-TE-khem be-YOM ha-sha-BAT ve-KHOL-me-la-KHA LO ta-a-SU ve-kid-dash-TEM et-YOM ha-sha-BAT ka-a-SHER tsi-VI-ti et-a-vo-TE-khem
Exegesis
A second negative clause uses vekhol {וְכָל־ | wə-ḵāl} ‘and any’ with melakhah {מְלָאכָה | mə-lāʾḵāh} ‘work’ and lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ before the Qal imperfect taasu {תַעֲשׂ֑וּ | ta‘ăśû} ‘you shall do’, reinforcing the ban.
Root and etymology
m-l-ʾmem–lamed–aleph
“work, occupation”
In context — Jeremiah 17:22
And you shall not bring out any burden from your houses on the Sabbath day, and you shall not do any work, but you shall sanctify the Sabbath day as I commanded your fathers.
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 17:22:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 17:22, 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 Jer.17.22.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.17.22.W7.S1) and character.