Job 15:3:3Job.15.3.W3TAB
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
- clause
ho-KHE-akh be-da-VAR LO yis-KON
- sentence
ho-KHE-akh be-da-VAR LO yis-KON u-mi-LIM lo-yo-IL BAM
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase bedavar {בְּ֭דָבָר | bə-ḏāḇār} marks the instrument or medium (“in/with a matter”), and the first clause is closed by the negated imperfect lo yiskon {לֹ֣א יִסְכּ֑וֹן | lōʾ yiskōn}, presenting the outcome as futility (“it will not profit”).
Root and etymology
consonantsmem–lamed–aleph
“be full, fill”
In context — Job 15:3
Should he argue with a matter that is unprofitable, and with words by which he does no good?
About this coordinate
Job 15:3:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Job 15:3, 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.15.3.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.3.W3.S1) and character.