בּ֖וֹ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בּ֖וֹ

   BO

   in it {masculine} or in him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לְבִלְתִּ֥י עֲשֽׂוֹת־בה בּ֖וֹ

   le-vil-TI a-SOT-va BO

   so as not to do in it {feminine} in it {masculine} or in him
3. clause🔊 וּלְקַדֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת לְבִלְתִּ֥י עֲשֽׂוֹת־בה בּ֖וֹ כָּל־מְלָאכָֽה׃

   u-le-kad-DESH et-YOM ha-sha-BAT le-vil-TI a-SOT-va BO kal-me-la-KHA

   and to make holy the day of the Sabbath so as not to do in it {feminine} in it {masculine} or in him any work
4. sentence🔊 וְ֠הָיָה אִם־שָׁמֹ֨עַ תִּשְׁמְע֤וּן אֵלַי֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה לְבִלְתִּ֣י הָבִ֣יא מַשָּׂ֗א בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֛י הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וּלְקַדֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת לְבִלְתִּ֥י עֲשֽׂוֹת־בה בּ֖וֹ כָּל־מְלָאכָֽה׃

   ve-ha-YA im-sha-MO-a tish-me-UN e-LAI ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH le-vil-TI ha-VI mas-SA be-sha-a-RE ha-IR ha-ZOT be-YOM ha-sha-BAT u-le-kad-DESH et-YOM ha-sha-BAT le-vil-TI a-SOT-va BO kal-me-la-KHA

   and it shall be if listening you will listen to me declaration of the LORD so as not to bring a load or burden in the gates of the city this on the day of the Sabbath and to make holy the day of the Sabbath so as not to do in it {feminine} in it {masculine} or in him any work

Exegesis

The repeated negative levilti asot bo kol-melakhah {לְבִלְתִּי עֲשׂוֹת־בּוֹ כָּל־מְלָאכָה | lə-ḇil-tî ʿă-śōṯ bō kol-mə-lā-ʾāḵāh} intensifies the prohibition against all work. English rendering preserves the layered conditional and parallel structure to maintain legal force and rhetorical balance.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 כ־ב־דkaf–bet–dalet

“weight, honor, glory”

• 🔊 כָּבֵדkabedheavy; importantExodus 17:12