Leviticus 18:19:4Lev.18.19.W4TAB

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

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Word in context

  1. word

    LO

  2. phraseyour reading level

    LO tik-RAV

  3. clause

    LO tik-RAV leh-gal-LOHT ehr-va-TAAH

  4. sentence

    veh-el-ish-SHAA be-nid-DAT tum-ah-TAH LO tik-RAV leh-gal-LOHT ehr-va-TAAH

Exegesis

The negation lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ precedes the imperfect tikrav {תִקְרַב | tiq-rav} ‘you shall approach’, forming a direct prohibition.

Root and etymology

Rootaleph–mem–resh

to say, command

In contextLeviticus 18:19

And you shall not approach a woman during the uncleanness of her menstruation to uncover her nakedness .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 18:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 18:19, 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.18.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.19.W4.S1) and character.