Leviticus 17:16:5Lev.17.16.W5TAB

לֹ֣א

lo

not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/loː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

Tap any letter to hear its name and sound

Vowels (Niqqud)

Now you try — trace the word:

The word

Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO yir-KHATS

  3. clause

    ve-IM LO ye-kha-BES oo-ve-sa-RO LO yir-KHATS

  4. sentence

    ve-IM LO ye-kha-BES oo-ve-sa-RO LO yir-KHATS ve-na-SAA a-vo-NO

Exegesis

Two parallel negations, lo yekabbes {לֹא יְכַבֵּס | lōʾ yə-kab-bēs} ‘he does not wash’ and lo yirḥaṣ {לֹא יִרְחָץ | lōʾ yi-rḥāṣ} ‘he does not bathe’, set out dual cleansing requirements.

Root and etymology

ʾ-m-rAleph Mem Resh

to say, command

In contextLeviticus 17:16

And if he does not wash his garments and does not bathe his flesh, then he will bear his guilt .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 17:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 17:16, 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.17.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.16.W5.S1) and character.