Leviticus 19:11:1Lev.19.11.W1TAB
לֹ֖א
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
- clause
LO ti-geh-NOH-voo
- sentence
LO ti-geh-NOH-voo veh-LOH te-kha-kha-SHOO veh-LOH te-shak-ke-ROO EESH bah-ah-mee-TOH
Exegesis
The verse presents three prohibitions, each marked by the negative particle lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’ followed by a verb tignōwū {תִּגְנֹבוּ | tiḡ-nō-wū} ‘you shall steal’, tekhaḥaššû {תְכַחֲשׁוּ | tə-khaḥ-aš-šû} ‘you shall deny falsely’, and tešaqqerû {תְשַׁקְּרוּ | tə-šaqq-er-ū} ‘you shall lie’.
Root and etymology
k-l-ʾ
“to restrain, separate”
In context — Leviticus 19:11
You shall not steal or deny falsely or lie to one another.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:11:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 19:11, so the Hebrew word לֹ֖א (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.19.11.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.11.W1.S1) and character.