לֹ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹ֣א

   loh

   not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ

   loh teh-ah-SU

   not do
3. clause🔊 בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ֠שְּׁבִיעִי בֶּֽעָשׂ֨וֹר לַחֹ֜דֶשׁ תְּעַנּ֣וּ אֶת־נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֗ם וְכָל־מְלָאכָה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ הָֽאֶזְרָ֔ח וְהַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃

   ba-KHO-desh hash-vEE-EE be-ah-SOR la-KHO-desh teh-ah-NU et-naf-SHOH-TEI-khem veh-KHOHL-meh-la-KHAH loh teh-ah-SU ha-ez-RAKH veh-ha-GER ha-GAR be-toh-KHEM

   in the month the seventh on the tenth of the month afflict your souls the native-born and the stranger the sojourner among you not do and all work
4. sentence🔊 וְהָיְתָ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם לְחֻקַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ֠שְּׁבִיעִי בֶּֽעָשׂ֨וֹר לַחֹ֜דֶשׁ תְּעַנּ֣וּ אֶת־נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶ֗ם וְכָל־מְלָאכָה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ הָֽאֶזְרָ֔ח וְהַגֵּ֖ר הַגָּ֥ר בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃

   veh-hah-yeh-TAH la-KHEM leh-KHOO-KAT oh-LAAM ba-KHO-desh hash-vEE-EE be-ah-SOR la-KHO-desh teh-ah-NU et-naf-SHOH-TEI-khem veh-KHOHL-meh-la-KHAH loh teh-ah-SU ha-ez-RAKH veh-ha-GER ha-GAR be-toh-KHEM

   as a statute forever shall be for you in the month the seventh on the tenth of the month afflict your souls the native-born and the stranger the sojourner among you not do and all work

Exegesis

The prohibition ve-khol-melakhah lo ta'asu {וְכָל־מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ | wə-ḵōl-me-lā-ḵā lōʾ ta-ʿă-sū} is absolute, including haezrach {הָאֶזְרָ֔ח | hā-ʾe-zrā-ḥ} ‘native-born’ and ve-ha-ger ha-gar {וְהַגֵּר הַגָּר | wə-ha-gēr ha-gār} ‘the sojourner,’ with the participle of hagar emphasizing ongoing residence. English renders the sequence in segmented clauses to preserve legal nuance and communal scope.