Leviticus 13:11:8Lev.13.11.W8TAB
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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Word in context
- word
LO
- phraseyour reading level
LO yas-gi-REN-noo
- clause
LO yas-gi-REN-noo KI ta-ME HU
- sentence
tsa-RA-at no-SHE-net HI be-OR be-sa-RO ve-tim-ME-O ha-ko-HEN LO yas-gi-REN-noo KI ta-ME HU
Exegesis
The prohibitive clause lo yasgirennu {לֹא יַסְגִּרֶנּוּ | lō yas-gî-ren-nû} ‘he must not isolate him’ uses the negative particle with Hiphil imperfect to forbid exclusion.
Root and etymology
מ־ל־א־כ
“work, occupation”
In context — Leviticus 13:11
It is a chronic skin disease in the skin of his flesh, so the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He must not isolate him, because he is unclean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 13:11, 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 Lev.13.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.11.W8.S1) and character.