Leviticus 19:11:1Lev.19.11.W1TAB

לֹ֖א

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. clause

    LO ti-geh-NOH-voo

  3. 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 contextLeviticus 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.