Leviticus 19:17:1Lev.19.17.W1TAB
לֹֽא־תִשְׂנָ֥א
lotisna
“not hate”
- Transliteration
- lo-tis-NA
- Extended
- loh-tis-NAA
- IPA
- /loː.tisˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- not hate
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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Word in context
- word
lo-tis-NA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-tis-NA et-a-KHI-kha
- clause
lo-tis-NA et-a-KHI-kha bil-va-VE-kha
- sentence
lo-tis-NA et-a-KHI-kha bil-va-VE-kha ho-KHE-akh to-KHI-akh et-a-mi-TE-kha ve-lo-tis-SA a-LA-yv KHET
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prohibitive particle lo {לֹא | lō} plus the Qal imperfect verb tisna {תִשְׂנָא | tiś-nāʼ}, creating an internal prohibition against hating one’s brother aḥîkha {אָחִיךָ | ʾaḥî-ḵā} in bilvavekha {בִּלְבָבֶךָ | bil-vā-vé-kā}.
In context — Leviticus 19:17
You shall not hate your brother in your heart; you shall surely rebuke your neighbor , and you shall not bear sin because of him.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:17:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 19:17, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־תִשְׂנָ֥א (lotisna) 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.19.17.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.17.W1.S1) and character.