Leviticus 19:10:2Lev.19.10.W2TAB
לֹ֣א
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 te-o-LEL
- clause
veh-khar-me-KHA LO te-o-LEL oo-FE-ret kar-me-KHA LO te-la-KET
- sentence
veh-khar-me-KHA LO te-o-LEL oo-FE-ret kar-me-KHA LO te-la-KET le-a-NI veh-la-GER ta-a-ZOV o-TAM a-NI Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-khem
Exegesis
The verse opens with the negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} negating two parallel verbs, creating a single prohibitory clause. The repeated phrase your vineyard frames the property context for the actions glean and gather. The object fallen fruit appears without a definite article, emphasizing residual produce. Beneficiaries are introduced by prepositional phrases for the poor and the foreigner, highlighting a social justice imperative. The closing formula I am the LORD your God serves as a covenantal marker, linking the command to divine authority.
Root and etymology
k-l-ʾ
“to restrain, separate”
In context — Leviticus 19:10
And you shall not glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard. For the poor and the foreigner you shall leave them. I am the LORD your God .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 19:10, 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.19.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.10.W2.S1) and character.