Leviticus 19:26:4Lev.19.26.W4TAB
לֹ֥א
lo
“not”
- Transliteration
- LO
- Extended
- LOH
- IPA
- /ˈloː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 te-na-kha-SHU
- clause
LO te-na-kha-SHU ve-LO te-oh-neh-NOO
- sentence
LO to-akh-LU al-had-DAM LO te-na-kha-SHU ve-LO te-oh-neh-NOO
Exegesis
The verse begins with the negative particle lo {לֹא | lō} ‘not’, marking each prohibition.
Each subsequent clause uses coordinated negatives lo tenakhashu {לֹא תְנַחֲשׁוּ | lō te-na-ḥa-šû} ‘you shall not practice divination’ and ve-lo teonenu {וְלֹא תְעוֹנֵנוּ | wə-lō tᵉ-ʿō-nē-nû} ‘and not you shall interpret omens’, reflecting a series of equal-weight prohibitions in the Hebrew syntax.
Root and etymology
k-l-ʾ
“to restrain, separate”
In context — Leviticus 19:26
You shall not eat with the blood , you shall not practice divination , and you shall not interpret omens.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 19:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 19:26, 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.19.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.19.26.W4.S1) and character.