Leviticus 18:17:8Lev.18.17.W8TAB
לֹ֤א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loː/
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 ti-KAKH
- clause
ET-bat-be-NAH veh-ET-bat-bit-TAH LO ti-KAKH le-gal-LOT er-va-TAH sha-a-RAH HEN-NAH zi-MAH HI
- sentence
er-VAT i-SHAH oo-bit-TAH LO te-gal-LEH ET-bat-be-NAH veh-ET-bat-bit-TAH LO ti-KAKH le-gal-LOT er-va-TAH sha-a-RAH HEN-NAH zi-MAH HI
Exegesis
The negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} governs both tegalleh {תְגַלֵּה | tə·gallēh} and tiqqach {תִקַּח | tiq·kāḥ}, framing parallel prohibitions.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–mem–resh
“to say, command”
In context — Leviticus 18:17
The nakedness of a woman and her daughter you shall not uncover; the daughter of her son and the daughter of her daughter you shall not take to uncover her nakedness. They are her close relatives ; it is wickedness .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:17:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 18:17, so the Hebrew word לֹ֤א (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.18.17.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.17.W8.S1) and character.