לֹ֥א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹ֥א

   LO

   not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֥א תֵלֵֽכוּ׃

   LO teh-LEH-khoo

   not walk
3. clause🔊 וּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה אֶֽרֶץ־כְּנַ֡עַן אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אֶתְכֶ֥ם שָׁ֙מָּה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ וּבְחֻקֹּתֵיהֶ֖ם לֹ֥א תֵלֵֽכוּ׃

   oo-keh-mah-ah-SEH eh-rets-keh-na-AN a-SHER a-NI meh-VEE et-KHEM shahm-MAH LO tah-ah-SOO oo-veh-khook-koh-TEE-hem LO teh-LEH-khoo

   not do and like the deed of the land of Canaan which I bringing you there not walk and in their statutes
4. sentence🔊 כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֧ה אֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַ֛יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְשַׁבְתֶּם־בָּ֖הּ לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֑וּ וּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה אֶֽרֶץ־כְּנַ֡עַן אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אֶתְכֶ֥ם שָׁ֙מָּה֙ לֹ֣א תַעֲשׂ֔וּ וּבְחֻקֹּתֵיהֶ֖ם לֹ֥א תֵלֵֽכוּ׃

   keh-mah-ah-SEH eh-rets-mits-RAH-yim a-SHER yeh-shahv-TEM-bah LO tah-ah-SOO oo-keh-mah-ah-SEH eh-rets-keh-na-AN a-SHER a-NI meh-VEE et-KHEM shahm-MAH LO tah-ah-SOO oo-veh-khook-koh-TEE-hem LO teh-LEH-khoo

   not do like the deed of the land of Egypt where dwelt in it not do and like the deed of the land of Canaan which I bringing you there not walk and in their statutes

Exegesis

The verse employs a parallel prohibition formula marked by kema’aseh {כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֧ה | kə-ma-ʿă-sêh} ‘as the practice’ followed by the negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} plus the imperfect verbs ta’asu {תַעֲשׂ֑וּ | ta-ʿa-sû} and telekhu {תֵלֵכוּ | tê-le-kû}, creating a binary warning against adopting foreign customs.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 א־מ־רaleph–mem–resh

“to say, command”

• 🔊 אָמַרamarhe saidGenesis 1:3