Leviticus 19:16:1Lev.19.16.W1TAB
לֹא־תֵלֵ֤ךְ
lohtelekh
“do not go around”
- Transliteration
- loh-te-LEKH
- Extended
- loh-teh-LEKH
- IPA
- /loː.teˈleːx/
Meaning by language
- English
- do not go around
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable |
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Word in context
- word
loh-te-LEKH
- phraseyour reading level
loh-te-LEKH ra-KHIL
- clause
loh-te-LEKH ra-KHIL be-am-ME-kha LO ta-a-MOD al-DAM re-E-kha
- sentence
loh-te-LEKH ra-KHIL be-am-ME-kha LO ta-a-MOD al-DAM re-E-kha a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with the negative particle lo {לֹא | lōʾ} ‘not’ introducing two parallel imperatives, telekh {תֵלֵךְ | tē-leḵ} ‘you shall go’ and taʿamod {תַעֲמֹד | ta-ʿā-mōḏ} ‘you shall stand.’
The second clause, lo taʿamod al-dam reʿecha {לֹא תַעֲמֹד עַל־דַּם רֵעֶךָ}, uses the idiom ‘stand against the blood’ with al {עַל | ʿal} marking opposition to convey complicity in another’s harm.
In context — Leviticus 19:16
You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people; you shall not stand against the blood of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 19:16, so the Hebrew word לֹא־תֵלֵ֤ךְ (lohtelekh) 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.19.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.16.W1.S1) and character.