Leviticus 19:16:4Lev.19.16.W4TAB
לֹ֥א
lo
“do not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- do 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 ta-a-MOD
- 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.
Root and etymology
k-l-ʾ
“to restrain, separate”
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 19:16:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 19:16, so the Hebrew word לֹ֥א (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.19.16.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.16.W4.S1) and character.