Leviticus 18:15:3Lev.18.15.W3TAB
לֹ֣א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
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 te-gal-EH
- clause
er-VAT kal-lat-KHA LO te-gal-EH
- sentence
er-VAT kal-lat-KHA LO te-gal-EH E-shet bin-KHA HI LO te-gal-EH er-va-TAH
Exegesis
The verse is structured as a bipartite prohibition, each clause inaugurated by the negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʼ} ‘not’ followed by the verb tegalleh {תְגַלֵּה | təgallêh} ‘uncover’.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say, command”
In context — Leviticus 18:15
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law ; she is the wife of your son, and you shall not uncover her nakedness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 18:15, 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.18.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.15.W3.S1) and character.