לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח

   lo-la-KAKH

   he would not have taken
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח מִיָּדֵ֙נוּ֙

   lo-la-KAKH mi-ya-DE-nu

   he would not have taken from our hand
3. clause🔊 וַתֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ לוּ֩ חָפֵ֨ץ יְהוָ֤ה לַהֲמִיתֵ֙נוּ֙ לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח מִיָּדֵ֙נוּ֙ עֹלָ֣ה וּמִנְחָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א הֶרְאָ֖נוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֑לֶּה

   va-to-MER LO ish-TO LU kha-FETS Ye-ho-VAH la-ha-mi-TE-nu lo-la-KAKH mi-ya-DE-nu o-LA u-min-KHA ve-LO he-re-NU et-kol-E-le

   and she said to him his wife if had desired the LORD to put us to death he would not have taken from our hand a burnt offering and a grain offering and not he would have shown us all these
4. sentence🔊 וַתֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ לוּ֩ חָפֵ֨ץ יְהוָ֤ה לַהֲמִיתֵ֙נוּ֙ לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח מִיָּדֵ֙נוּ֙ עֹלָ֣ה וּמִנְחָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א הֶרְאָ֖נוּ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְכָעֵ֕ת לֹ֥א הִשְׁמִיעָ֖נוּ כָּזֹֽאת׃

   va-to-MER LO ish-TO LU kha-FETS Ye-ho-VAH la-ha-mi-TE-nu lo-la-KAKH mi-ya-DE-nu o-LA u-min-KHA ve-LO he-re-NU et-kol-E-le ve-kha-ET LO hish-mi-A-nu ka-ZOT

   and she said to him his wife if had desired the LORD to put us to death he would not have taken from our hand a burnt offering and a grain offering and not he would have shown us all these and at this time not he would have caused us to hear such a thing as this

Exegesis

The sacrificial terms olah {עֹלָה | ʿō-lā} and minchah {מִנְחָה | min-ḥā} are subordinated under the negated perfect lo-lakakh {לֹא־לָקַח | lō-lā-qāḥ} “did not take,” underscoring divine restraint.