Job 14:7:9Job.14.7.W9TAB
לֹ֣א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
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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Word in context
- word
LO
- phraseyour reading level
LO te-KHED-dal
- clause
ve-yo-nak-TO LO te-KHED-dal
- sentence
KI YESH la-ETS tik-VA im-yi-KA-ret ve-OD ya-kha-LIF ve-yo-nak-TO LO te-KHED-dal
Exegesis
The final clause, ve-yonakto lo tekhdal {וְיֹנַקְתּוֹ לֹא תֶחְדָּל | wə-yōnaq-tô lōʾ teḥdāl} ‘and its shoot will not cease’, shifts to the tree’s continuing “offspring” as the subject (feminine), with negation fronting the durability of regrowth. English keeps the conditional sequence (cut down → sprout again → not cease) to preserve the proverb-like reasoning and the climactic emphasis on ongoing renewal.
Root and etymology
Rootshin–mem–resh
“to keep, guard”
In context — Job 14:7
For there is hope for a tree; if it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its shoot will not cease.
About this coordinate
Job 14:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Job 14:7, 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 Job.14.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.14.7.W9.S1) and character.