Leviticus 19:18:1Lev.19.18.W1TAB
לֹֽא־תִקֹּ֤ם
lotikkom
“not take vengeance”
- Transliteration
- lo-tik-KOM
- Extended
- loh-tik-KOHM
- IPA
- /loː.tikˈqoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- not take vengeance
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 | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lo-tik-KOM
- phraseyour reading level
lo-tik-KOM ve-lo-tit-TOR
- clause
lo-tik-KOM ve-lo-tit-TOR et-be-NEI am-ME-kha ve-a-hav-TA le-re-a-KHA ka-MO-kha
- sentence
lo-tik-KOM ve-lo-tit-TOR et-be-NEI am-ME-kha ve-a-hav-TA le-re-a-KHA ka-MO-kha a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse opens with lo {לֹֽא | lō} ‘not’ followed by the imperfect tiqqṓm {תִקֹּ֤ם | tiqqṓm}, creating a prohibition against retaliation.
The direct object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾet} introduces benei {בְּנֵ֣י | bə-nê-yi} ‘sons of’ with ammecha {עַמֶּ֔ךָ | ʿammê-kha} ‘your people’, defining the communal scope.
In context — Leviticus 19:18
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:18:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 19:18, so the Hebrew word לֹֽא־תִקֹּ֤ם (lotikkom) 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.19.18.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.18.W1.S1) and character.