לֹ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹ֣א

   LO

   not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְֽלֹא־יָ֫ק֥וּם עַד־בִּלְתִּ֣י שָׁ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יָקִ֑יצוּ

   ve-LO-YA-KUM ad-BIL-te sha-MA-yim LO ya-KI-tsu

   and does not rise until not heavens not they awake
3. clause🔊 וְאִ֥ישׁ שָׁכַ֗ב וְֽלֹא־יָ֫ק֥וּם עַד־בִּלְתִּ֣י שָׁ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יָקִ֑יצוּ

   ve-ISH sha-KHAV ve-LO-YA-KUM ad-BIL-te sha-MA-yim LO ya-KI-tsu

   and a man lies down and does not rise until not heavens not they awake
4. sentence🔊 וְאִ֥ישׁ שָׁכַ֗ב וְֽלֹא־יָ֫ק֥וּם עַד־בִּלְתִּ֣י שָׁ֭מַיִם לֹ֣א יָקִ֑יצוּ וְלֹֽא־יֵ֝עֹ֗רוּ מִשְּׁנָתָֽם׃

   ve-ISH sha-KHAV ve-LO-YA-KUM ad-BIL-te sha-MA-yim LO ya-KI-tsu ve-LO-ye-O-ru mi-she-NA-tam

   and a man lies down and does not rise until not heavens not they awake and they are not stirred up from their sleep

Exegesis

It then moves to ve-lo-yakum {וְלֹא־יָקוּם | wə-lōʾ-yā-qûm} ‘and he will not rise’, emphasizing the permanence of death.

Subsequent plural verbs yaqitsu {יָקִיצוּ | yā-qî-ṣû} ‘they will awake’ and ve-lo-yeoru {וְלֹא־יֵעֹרוּ | wə-lōʾ-yē-ʿō-rû} ‘and they will not be roused’ broaden the scope to all humanity.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ש־מ־רshin–mem–resh

“to keep, guard”

• 🔊 מִשְׁמֶרֶתmišmeretcharge, dutyNumbers 3:7