Leviticus 18:11:8Lev.18.11.W8TAB

לֹ֥א

lo

not

Transliteration
LO
Extended
LOH
IPA
/ˈloː/

Meaning by language

English
not

Alphabet Analysis

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO te-gal-LE

  3. clause

    LO te-gal-LE er-va-TAH

  4. sentence

    er-VAAT bat-E-shet a-VEE-KHA mo-LE-det a-VEE-KHA a-khot-KHA HEE LO te-gal-LE er-va-TAH

Exegesis

Finally Qal imperfect tegalleh {תְגַלֶּה | tə-ḡallēh} with negation lo {לֹא | lōʾ} imposes the legal prohibition ‘you shall not uncover’. In translation, the relative and identity clauses precede the prohibition to align with English syntax and preserve clarity.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–mem–resh

to say, command

In contextLeviticus 18:11

The nakedness of the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father—she is your sister—you shall not uncover her nakedness.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 18:11:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 18:11, so the Hebrew word לֹ֥א (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.18.11.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.11.W8.S1) and character.