Leviticus 16:17:2Lev.16.17.W2TAB
לֹא־יִהְיֶ֣ה
lohyihyeh
“shall not be”
- Transliteration
- loh-yih-YEH
- Extended
- loh-yih-YEH
- IPA
- /loː.jihˈjeh/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall not be
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
loh-yih-YEH
- phraseyour reading level
loh-yih-YEH be-O-hel mo-ED
- clause
veh-KHOL-a-DAM loh-yih-YEH be-O-hel mo-ED be-vo-OH le-kha-PER ba-KO-desh ad-TSE-to
- sentence
veh-KHOL-a-DAM loh-yih-YEH be-O-hel mo-ED be-vo-OH le-kha-PER ba-KO-desh ad-TSE-to veh-kih-PEHR ba-a-DO oo-be-AD BEI-to oo-be-AD khol-ke-HAL yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The negative particle lo yihyeh {לֹא־יִהְיֶה | lō yi-hyēh} ‘shall not be’ imposes an absolute prohibition.
In context — Leviticus 16:17
And no person shall be in the tent of meeting when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he comes out, and he shall make atonement for himself, for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:17:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 16:17, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יִהְיֶ֣ה (lohyihyeh) 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.16.17.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.17.W2.S1) and character.