Leviticus 19:15:1Lev.19.15.W1TAB
לֹא־תַעֲשׂ֥וּ
lotaahsoo
“do not”
- Transliteration
- lo-ta-ah-SOO
- Extended
- loh-tah-ah-SOO
- IPA
- /loː.ta.ʕaˈsuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-ta-ah-SOO
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ta-ah-SOO A-vel
- clause
lo-ta-ah-SOO A-vel ba-mish-PAT lo-tis-SA fe-NEI-DAL ve-LO teh-DAR pe-NEI ga-DOL
- sentence
lo-ta-ah-SOO A-vel ba-mish-PAT lo-tis-SA fe-NEI-DAL ve-LO teh-DAR pe-NEI ga-DOL be-TSE-dek tish-POT a-mi-TE-kha
Exegesis
The verse begins with the paired prohibitions lo-ta‘asu {לֹא־תַעֲשׂ֥וּ | lō-ta‘ăšû} ‘you shall not do’ and lo-tisa {לֹא־תִשָּׂ֣א | lō-tišā’} ‘you shall not lift up’, both introduced by the negative particle lo {לֹא | lō}.
In context — Leviticus 19:15
You shall not do injustice in the judgment; you shall not show partiality to the poor nor honor the face of the great, but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 19:15, so the Hebrew word לֹא־תַעֲשׂ֥וּ (lotaahsoo) 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.19.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.15.W1.S1) and character.